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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.
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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.
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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.
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Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
20 Nov. 2024
In Oakland and Macomb, gritty unknown challengers are taking on two potent political patronymics: Servitto and O’Brien.
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Bill Laytner,
Detroit Free Press,
7 Oct. 2024
Dubrova said in the interview, using her formal name with patronymic.
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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.
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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.
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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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And while all the children have now cut ties with Brad Pitt, Pax, now 23, remains the only one still in contact with his paternal relatives and who has kept his double surname.
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Their investigation eventually led them to a man identified by his surname, Guo, who reportedly lived alone.
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Despite its nickname, June's moon won't look red like a strawberry, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac.
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Pitman kept both the plate and the nickname, reluctantly.
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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.
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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.
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Commercial viticulture first developed here in the 1970s, led by family names such as Husch, Navarro and Scharffenberger; Husch planted the valley's first Pinot Noir in 1971.
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The family name and logo adorns the business classroom building.
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The more common nickname, El Mencho, is said to be a diminutive of his first name, Nemesio.
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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.
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Cristina’s family is Polish, hence her maiden name being Oleink.
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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.
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The epithet is not a concession (the database of Trumpian apologies has yet to receive any inputs).
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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.
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The oldest Bezos child shares his first name with his father—Preston is the entrepreneur’s middle name.
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In her speech, Michelle Obama alluded to the current president, who has long fueled a debunked conspiracy theory about Barack Obama's birthplace and continues to refer to him as Barack Hussein Obama, his middle name a suggestion of suspicion.
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“Patronymic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronymic. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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