Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
How patronymics differ from family names
A patronymic is rebuilt from the parent. A family name is meant to stay put.
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From the opening
A patronymic is a name formed from a parent's given name, and it changes when the parent does, so the child of Ivan is not carrying Ivan's own second name. A family name is inherited as a stable surname across generations, whether or not it once began as somebody's patronymic. The opening covers built from this parent, not inherited, icelandic names and Russian forms, and frozen son-names became surnames.
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Inside
- Built from this parent, not inherited
- Icelandic names and Russian forms
- Frozen son-names became surnames
- The next generation starts over
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Living patronymics in Icelandic naming
- Russian given name, patronymic, and family name used together