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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.
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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
In Oakland and Macomb, gritty unknown challengers are taking on two potent political patronymics: Servitto and O’Brien.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 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
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
In Oakland and Macomb, gritty unknown challengers are taking on two potent political patronymics: Servitto and O’Brien.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patronymic
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While that name was chosen in 1946 by Ned Irish, the team’s founder and president, Knickerbocker is a Dutch surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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With a month to go until his 18th birthday, the teen reportedly decided to ditch his father’s surname on his official high school diploma.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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Goalkeeper Josimar Dias — best known by his nickname, Vozinha — and his Cape Verde teammates were monumental underdogs against the Spaniards.—
Bailey Johnson,
Washington Post,
15 June 2026
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Cox revealed her adorable nickname for Coco in an Instagram post shared on Saturday.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
14 June 2026
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Alan, whose forename appeared in initial reports with its Turkish spelling, Aylan, died with his brother, Galip, 5; their mother, Rihan; and two other refugees when a dinghy carrying 14 migrants toward the Greek island of Kos capsized.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2020
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Removing professional athletes and a couple of Hollywood personalities who once called Cleveland home, the contemporary list of recognizable forenames is essentially narrowed to a single person: Tamir.—
Phillip Morris,
cleveland.com,
31 May 2017
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The estate has a long, storied history under many family names, but in 1575, the Essenault family rechristened it by contracting their family name to Issan.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
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In sharp contrast to the first-generation members of the Frankfurt School, Habermas came from a petit-bourgeois, culturally conservative Protestant milieu, his family name going back to sixteenth-century Thuringian cobblers.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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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
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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
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Cristina’s family is Polish, hence her maiden name being Oleink.—
Jenna Thompson
June 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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If the bank still asks for his mother's maiden name or previous address as a verification question, those answers are likely already on a data broker site.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The epithet is not a concession (the database of Trumpian apologies has yet to receive any inputs).—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Tape recordings played during the case also showed Fuhrman had used a racial epithet despite his testimony claiming to never have done so.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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Tree used his first and middle name as his stage name, while his legal last name was Nickell.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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Calibration is this laptop's middle name, with a MUX Switch that boosts your gaming performance by 5-10%.—
Kelsey Fogarty,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
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“Patronymic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronymic. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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