Jump to navigation Jump to search “Patronym” redirects here. This article needs additional citations russian women’s names beginning with s verification. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, although their use has largely been replaced by or transformed into patronymic surnames.

The usual noun and adjective in English is patronymic, but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside patronym. This section does not cite any sources. In many areas around the world, patronyms predate the use of family names. The word or phrase meaning “son of” is, however, omitted. Ethiopians and Eritreans have no concept of family name and surname. Ethiopian and Eritreans use a naming pattern very similar to the Arab naming pattern, but with one exception: no suffix or prefix.

As of 2010 the practice has largely dropped off with the use of just the father’s last name as a surname. Patronymic naming is very common in parts of Mozambique. Although the practice is not universal, patronymic naming has been documented in the Zambezia province. It could also be the father’s prominent nickname, which takes the place of a first name. An example would be a man named Kolade Fabiyi, who had a son named Dele. The son’s name would now be Dele Kolade, not Dele Fabiyi.

This is used to distinguish between extended family who would have the same last name, like cousin. Somalis use their paternal grandfather’s given name as their legal surname for documentation purpose. They also use the term “ina” or “iña” meaning “the son of” or “the daughter of,” which is similar to other African- and the Arab-naming patterns. For example, the name “Ahmed Mohamed Ali Farah” means “Ahmed son of Mohamed son of Ali son of Farah. Among the Zulu patronymics were used in the pre-colonial era.

Yi people’s sons’ given names are based on the last one or two syllables of father’s name. Hani people also have patronymic customs. Atayal people’s names are followed by the name of their father, both son and daughter are patronymic. Amis people’s son names are also followed by the father’s name, while a daughter’s name is followed by her mother’s name. Patronymy is common in parts of India. Taha Khurram, who in turn might name his son Ismail Taha. As a result, unlike surnames, patronymics will not pass down through many generations.

In Tamil Nadu and some parts of Kerala and South Karnataka, patronymy is predominant. This is a significant departure from the rest of the country where caste names are mostly employed as surnames. This came into common use during the 1950s and 1960s when the Dravidian movement campaigned against the use one’s caste as part of the name. However, rather than using the father’s full name, only the first letter — popularly known as the initial — is prefixed to the given name. For example, if a person’s given name is Saravanan and his father’s Krishnan, then the full name is K. Saravanan and is seldom expanded, even in official records.

The late chief minister Karunanidhi preferred to be referred as M. Karunanidhi where the initial M stood for Muthuvel – his father’s given name. Karunanidhi’s son prefers to be referred as M. Stalin incorporating both his fathers and grandfather’s names.

Stalin’s son prefers to be referred as Udhayanidhi Stalin. Likewise, cricketer Ashwin son of Ravichandran prefers to be referred to as R. This is because commentators in sports often call players by their last names only and it would be embarrassing to call him by his fathers name, therefore he puts his own given name in the last. Another upcoming trend is to expand the initials to reflect how it would sound in the native language. For example Karuppiah prefers to be called Pala.

Karuppiah and his son Palaniappan prefers Karu. Ranjith as Pa sounds closer to the name in Tamil rather than P which sounds like Pe unlike the first syllable Pa. Annadurai would expand his name as Mayilsami Annadurai, however he has to be referred to as Annadurai as referring to him as Mayilsami would be referring to him with his father’s given name which could be embarrassing for him. Tamil Nadu, such usage by out of state people is greeted with indifference. So Lakshmi Menon, Shilpa Shetty, Pranab Mukherjee, Somnath Chaterjee etc.

Likewise old tamil names with caste in them are also fully used while referring to them such as Pasumpoan Muthuramalinga Thevar, U. In Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat, a very common convention among the Hindu communities is to have the patronymic as the middle name. Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar’s full name is Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, where Manohar is his father’s given name. Sunil Gavaskar’s son Rohan Gavaskar would be Rohan Sunil Gavaskar, and so on.

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s full name is Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, where Ramesh is his father’s given name. First Deputy Prime Minister and first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s full name is Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, where Jhaverbhai is his father’s given name. India’s 15th Prime Minister Narendra Modi, famously took oath of office as the Prime Minister of India as Narendra Damodardas Modi, where in Damodardas is his father’s given name. He prefers to write his full name including his father’s name as his middle name. Malaysian Indians may also follow this custom with “son” or “daughter” of being replaced by “anak lelaki” or “anak perempuan”, respectively.