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patronymic

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Recent Examples of patronymic The eponymous house has its designer’s surname, given in honor of her grandfather, is not a traditional Ukrainian patronymic. — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026 While there has never been official confirmation of Putin's paternity, Krivonogikh's patronymic—Vladimirovna—and past investigative reports have fueled speculation for years. — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025 Mark’s readers, who knew how Jewish patronymics worked, would have understood what the villagers were throwing in Jesus’s face. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025 The list of those who left includes individuals' names, birth dates, patronymics and more, and identifies contract soldiers, mobilized soldiers, and conscripts. — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024 Dubrova said in the interview, using her formal name with patronymic. — Jeanne Whalen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022 Tetyana, who identified herself by her first name and patronymic but did not give her family name, was released after being held for four days. — Byreuters, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022 But Arkady, as everyone at Yandex calls him, Western-style, shorn of the formal Russian patronymic, now more or less lives with his family in Israel. — Paul Starobin, Wired, 22 Mar. 2022 Customers who used to buy 1 kilogram of tvorog, a dairy product similar to cottage cheese, are now taking 200 or 300 grams, said a 69-year-old stall holder in a black fur hat who gave her name and patronymic, Valentina Mykhailivna. — James Marson, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2022

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Noun

Two more of Brad Pitt’s children have applied to legally drop his surname.

— Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The Marvin’s Room star, who died in 2025, originally changed her surname to Keaton, her mother’s maiden name, because there was another actress named Diane Hall in the Actors’ Equity Association, according to Vogue.

— Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

Definition of surname

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Clark suggested Cannon re-edit and overdub the recording with the stronger bass drums that would become Cannon’s trademark sound and nickname inspiration.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
La Albiceleste, which means The White and Sky Blue and is the nickname of Argentina’s team, also inspires another churro in the collection.

— Sarah Moreno Updated July 18, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

Definition of nickname

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For all the talk of lineage, Be Sweet to Me is fundamentally about carving out space not in opposition to her family name, but outside of it.

— Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 6 July 2026
Allen lived up to the family name, bringing all the rock & roll energy and Lonestar State mojo to tracks from his latest LP, Fault Lines.

— Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2026

Definition of family name

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The more common nickname, El Mencho, is said to be a diminutive of his first name, Nemesio.

— Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Another gender-neutral name that had a burst of popularity in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Jamie was a go-to for girls or a diminutive of James for boys.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of diminutive

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Modeling under her maiden name, Carmella DeCesare, Garcia was named Playboy’s Miss April in 2003 before being crowned the magazine’s 2004 Playmate of the Year.

— Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
Lewis, whose maiden name was Haines, attended South Plantation High School and was one of six siblings, her niece said.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026

Definition of maiden name

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Social media has teemed with unsavory videos of Argentinean misbehavior in the stadiums, including fans hurling racial epithets at a Black American influencer and showering Egyptians with beer.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
Mendelsohn also retains Homer’s repetitious epithets for characters that some modern translations—written for the silent reader of the 21st century—have slimmed down.

— Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

Definition of epithet

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Horatio, the middle name of the Charles Underwood, appears only in the record of his birth, on February 19, 1807, to Richard and Elisabeth Underwood of Pleasant Row in London, and in the report on the inquest into his untimely death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
The first name is classic with a southern twist, and the middle name is modern.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 8 July 2026

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