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Kamis, 2026-05-21 01:58:14woman was especially well known or powerful, her descendants might adopt a matronym based on her name. A matronymic is a derived name, as compared to a matriname...
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Sabtu, 2025-11-29 11:49:02Rojas family, more commonly known in English-speaking America by their matronym, Alou, is a prominent Major League Baseball family from the Dominican Republic...
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Minggu, 2026-03-29 21:56:53Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos (c. 26 January 1795 – 14 November 1817), also known by her nickname of La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for...
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Rabu, 2026-06-03 21:00:06the given name of one's father. A less common practice in countries is matronym which means that a component of a personal name is based on the given name...
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Rabu, 2026-05-27 16:32:40unusual; Icelandic law favours the use of patronyms (and more recently, matronyms) over family names. Traditionally Muslim and non-Arabic speaking African...
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Kamis, 2026-05-28 05:34:21traditional surnames. In Finland it is possible to give a child a patronym or matronym, but they are registered as given names. "Fornavne, mellemnavne og efternavne"...
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Minggu, 2023-09-03 12:44:21great-grandfather of Muirchertach mac Muiredaig. Confusion arises from the latter's matronym, Macc Ercae, said to come from his legendary mother Erc ingen Loarn, daughter...
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Senin, 2025-03-31 02:14:37Góngora is a Spanish surname of Navarran origin. People bearing the surname include: Alonso de Góngora Marmolejo (1523–1575), Spanish conquistador and...
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Senin, 2026-01-12 14:59:57person or persons is known as a taxonomic eponym or eponymic; patronym and matronym are the gendered terms for this. A number of humorous species names also...
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Minggu, 2026-03-15 04:10:12expelled in 1034. Svein Knutsson is also mentioned as Sveinn Alfífuson (matronym) and under the epithet óforsynjukonungr ("unforeseen king").[citation needed]...
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Kamis, 2026-03-05 11:13:24Jodi J. L. Rowley is an Australian herpetologist and conservationist. Rowley received her bachelor's degree in environmental science at University of New...
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Kamis, 2026-02-12 20:39:19the family name; in Iceland the given name is used with the patronym, or matronym (a name derived from the given name of the mother), and surnames are rarely...
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Selasa, 2026-06-02 01:46:39Rose Marie Antoinette Blommers-Schlösser (Eindhoven, 1944) is a Dutch herpetologist and entomologist. Blommers-Schlösser conducted her PhD at the University...
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Jumat, 2026-04-17 23:24:19Brahmi script apart from a few variations). Several coins carry titles or matronyms that were common to multiple rulers (e.g. Satavahana, Satakarni, and Pulumavi)...
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Kamis, 2026-02-12 03:39:10Andolalao Rakotoarison (born 1982 in Mahajanga) is a Malagasy herpetologist. Rakotoarison conducted her Master's thesis at the University of Antananarivo...
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Selasa, 2026-03-17 20:38:40introduced in the mid-19th century, the default was to use a patronym, or a matronym when the father was dead or unknown. A typical derivation was to append...
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Senin, 2025-03-03 11:13:01the name Hrafn. One of the officially approved given names in Iceland. Matronyms: Hrefnuson (male) Hrefnudóttir (female) Hrefna Björk Sverrisdóttir (born...
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Sabtu, 2025-07-26 17:47:19than the father. Family names were not in use, instead patronyms and matronyms were used, likewise depending on the favoured ancestry. Therefore, the...
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Senin, 2022-12-05 04:54:09may be both a patronym and a matronym. In Spanish speaking countries, the patronym is usually followed by the matronym to more precisely identify an...
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Minggu, 2026-05-31 09:43:58of: Personal names Given names Surnames Nicknames Pseudonyms Mononyms Matronyms Patronyms Eponyms Teknonyms Anthroponyms of individuals can also be classified...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-09 04:02:30majority of Icelanders do not use regular surnames but rather patronyms or matronyms, around 4% of Icelanders have proper surnames. See also Icelandic names...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 00:53:49some Tagalog regions, the norm of giving patronyms, or in some cases matronyms, is also accepted. These names are of course not official, since family...
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Minggu, 2026-05-24 00:53:20matronymic surname instead of a patronymic one. This may in part explain why matronyms are more common in England than in other parts of Europe. In Ancient Rome...
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Minggu, 2026-05-03 06:14:19Gwyar is likely the name of Gwalchmei's mother rather than his father, as matronyms were standard in the Welsh Triads. Matronymic naming conventions were...
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Jumat, 2026-03-20 21:55:10citizenship can take the last name of their partner, or a patronym or matronym from the name of a parent or parent-in-law; these possibilities are not...
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Jumat, 2026-06-05 16:31:46joniae Iost, Alayón & Rheims, 2025 Joni Mitchell "The specific name is a matronym honoring the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, known for her influential...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-09 04:08:31the North Eastern Washington dicot fossils. The genus name Langeria is a matronym honoring the American philosopher of mind, Susanne K. Langer, who influenced...
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Rabu, 2026-03-04 21:27:09Ottomans therefore raising her kids alone and they adopted her name as a matronym. Their Progenitor was Dragoje he had three sons which split apart (Soroje...
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Jumat, 2025-10-10 22:45:06of queen mother Inga of Varteig. (Both ‘Ragnridson’ and ‘Ingason’ were matronyms. With their royal ancestry, Ragnrid and Inga outranked their husbands...
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Selasa, 2025-12-16 10:48:28Sheila Parram, as indicated by the original description which used the matronym "parrami" (corrected to "parramae" according to ICZN Article 32.5.1). The...
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Senin, 2026-03-16 10:17:57Benedict, DeVore, and Pigg coined the species name cathybrownae as a matronym honoring three generations of Catherine Browns for their work at Stonerose:...
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Sabtu, 2026-01-17 11:01:27a Mi Shebeirach for healing traditionally refers to the sick person by matronym ("[person's name], child of [mother's name]"). Kabbalists teach that this...
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Jumat, 2025-10-24 05:15:04Okinagan, whose territory the land was originally. Eastwood chose to craft a matronym, Talinum wayae, honoring K. C. Way of Kamloops, British Columbia. The name...
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Rabu, 2024-01-03 11:51:39coined the genus name Shirleya and the specific epithet grahamae as a matronym honoring Shirley A. Graham, then of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St...
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Jumat, 2026-05-15 11:16:50for "monarch"; metonymy is the figure of speech incorporating a metonym matronym or matronymic: a name of a human being making reference to that person's...
Click to read more »Muirchertach mac Muiredaig (Mac Ercae)
Jumat, 2025-11-14 10:21:09Charles-Edwards, was said to be Erca, daughter of "Lodarn, king of Alba". From the matronym comes his alternative name, Muirechertach Macc Ercae. However, Mac Ercae...
Click to read more »Petropedetes juliawurstnerae
Minggu, 2025-10-05 01:09:59vegetation at a height of 10–20 cm (4–8 in). The name "P. juliawurstnerae" is a matronym of Mrs. Julia Anna Maria Wurstner, who supported the senior author of this...
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Senin, 2026-01-26 20:07:39an elevation of roughly 1000m above sea level. The species epithet is a matronym in honour of Zoë Simmons, who is one of the collectors of the specimen...
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Senin, 2026-02-16 22:56:38Icelanders generally do not use surnames but patronyms or (in certain cases) matronyms. The 2003 Children's Act outlawed spanking, verbal and emotional abuse...
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Rabu, 2026-03-25 14:03:14Rolf Mathewes from a single partial female. The specific epithet is a matronym of Azure Rain Belgarde, who collected the type specimen, SR 08-06-02, and...
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Sabtu, 2025-10-25 10:24:44locality. Archibald & Makarkin (2006) picked the specific epithet as a matronym honoring Sheila Douglas for her paleoentomology work on British Columbian...
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Jumat, 2025-12-26 16:19:04determined, but goes back to the female given name Jagoda. Thus, it is a matronym. According to some oral family traditions, the surname traces back to a...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-09 04:05:55Eastern Washington dicot fossils. The specific epithet leopoldae is a matronym recognizing paleobotanist and conservationist Estella Leopold, though this...
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Senin, 2025-09-29 07:30:4910 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. The identity of the person honoured in the matronym in this species' specific name is thought to be J.L.B. Smith's mother-in-law...
Click to read more »Oemleria janhartfordae
Selasa, 2025-12-30 23:15:36Benedict, DeVore, and Pigg coined the species name janhartfordae as a matronym honoring Jan Hartford, a resident of Republic, in recognition of her dedicated...
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Jumat, 2025-02-14 17:27:39between the two genera. The specific epithet sukachevae was coined as a matronym honoring the amber researcher Irina D. Sukacheva who has studied Taimyr...
Click to read more »Satanoperca lilith
Minggu, 2025-12-28 21:33:05portmanteau of Satan and perca (Latin for "perch"). The specific name is a matronym dedicated to Lilith, a female demon in Mesopotamian and Jewish folklore...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-09 04:06:22an incertae sedis Sapindaceae genus. The name Bohlenia was coined as a matronym honoring Wolfe's high school biology teacher Anne Bohlen. She was chosen...
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Selasa, 2024-02-06 04:44:09Palaeontographica Abteilung B, with the genus name Uhlia being chosen as a matronym honoring palm systematist Natalie Uhl in recognition of her work on palm...
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Jumat, 2026-05-08 21:17:22"Resner Canyon". The specific epithet barksdaleae was designated as a matronym honoring Lisa Barksdale in recognition of the 14 years she spent as curator...
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Sabtu, 2025-10-25 10:46:45epithet sternhartae as a combined patronym honoring Michael E. Sternberg and matronym honoring Janet L. Hartford of Republic, Washington. Sternberg and Hartford...
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Rabu, 2026-05-06 21:28:27Robert Cannings in 2019 and they coined the specific epithet snyderae as a matronym honoring Sarah Snyder who found the fossil and donated it to Stonerose...
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Senin, 2026-03-02 23:56:43the North Eastern Washington dicot fossils. The species name pageae is a matronym recognizing Virginia Page for her contributions to wood anatomy and Cretaceous...
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Rabu, 2025-05-07 19:12:33Trochodendron nastae which it resembles. T. nastae was in turn named as a matronym honoring trochodendralean botanist Charlotte G. Nast. In addition to T...
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Minggu, 2025-07-13 19:57:54the Klondike Mountain Formation, and coined the specific epithet as a matronym honoring Pat White who found the holotype. Dlussky and Rasnitsyn noted...
Click to read more »Carpinus perryae
Minggu, 2026-01-18 15:07:47Palaeocarpinus barksdaleae. The specific epithet perryae was coined as a matronym recognizing Madilane Perry for her work founding the Stonerose Interpretive...
Click to read more »Allenbya holmesae
Kamis, 2026-01-01 03:55:30waterlily genus Allenbya were named. The species name was coined as a matronym of Beverley Burlingame's mother Dorothy Bradbeer of Agriculture Canada...
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Kamis, 2026-03-05 21:57:55names she originated, she has been honored by her peers with at least 26 matronyms in three genera and 23 species. She was elected a Fellow of the Entomological...
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Sabtu, 2026-06-06 01:33:19the time of description. The specific name barksdalae was selected as a matronym recognizing Barksdales extensive and valuable contributions, as both collections...
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