A matronymic is a personal name based on the name of one s mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic . In patriarchy patriarchal societies, matronymic surnames are far less common than patronyms. In the past, matronymic last names were often given to children of unwed mothers. Other times when a woman was especially well known or powerful, her descendants would adopt a matronym based on her name. Asia India The matrilineal communities in South India and Nepal, namely the Nair s, Bunt s, Newar s, have family names which are inherited from their mother. Indonesia The Minangkabau people Minangkabau of Indonesia are the largest group of people who use this naming system. People of Enggano Island also use a matronymic system. They also have family name surname marga . Mixed use Filipino people Filipinos take their mother s maiden name as their middle name similarly to the Portuguese name Portuguese and Spanish naming customs Spanish practice . Some Vietnamese names also function this way, not as a tradition of sorts, but as a style or trend, in which the mother s maiden name is the middle name of the child. Europe England Although many English matronyms were given to children of unwed mothers, it was not unusual for children of married women to also use a matronymic surname. For instance, it was traditional during the Middle Ages for posthumous birth children whose fathers died before their births to use a matronym, and it was not unheard .... Middle East Arabic An example of an Arabic language Arabic matronymic is the name of Jesus ... Judge Shamgar is referred to with the matronymic Son of Anat . There are indications of a Jewish history of matronymic names. ref cite journal doi 10.1086 474406 url http www.jstor.org pss 3141456 publisher JSTOR The Biblical World, Vol. 36, No. 6 Dec., 1910 , pp. 407 414 title Traces of the Matronymic ... who adopted matronymic surnames References reflist Category Matronymics Category Human names da ... more details
This is a list of notable as indicated by the existence of an article in Wikipedia people who have changed, adopted or adjusted their surname s based on a mother s or grandmother s maiden name . Included are people who name change changed their legal names and people who created personal or professional pseudonym s. Under longstanding Western custom and law, children are customarily given the father s surname, except for children born outside marriage, who often carry their mother s family names. ref Supreme Court of New Jersey, http www.law.georgetown.edu rossrights chapters documents Gubernat.pdf Gubernat v. Deremer , opinion delivered by J. Stein, May 11, 1995 ref However, in the 1970s, some women began to adopt their mother s maiden name as their legal surnames. ref cite news title Roses by any other name url http news.google.com newspapers?id ALcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid m9cEAAAAIBAJ&pg 1403,16746&dq changing name to mothers maiden name&hl en quote It has also been pointed out that even if a woman keeps her maiden name after ... Thus some are beginning to take their mothers first name as last name. ... newspaper Gadsden Times date May 1, 1974 accessdate 2011 02 18 ref Recently, people in Sweden have been adopting matronymic maternal line surname s in an effort to broaden the number of last names in the country. ref cite news author coauthors title A Swede by Any Other Name. url http www.nytimes.com 2011 02 01 world europe 01stockholm.html quote The couple cast about in their families past and Ms. Wetterlund discovered, well, Wetterlund, her grandmother s maiden name. We thought it was pretty, and it was quite uncommon , she said. Additionally, Wetterlund was in danger of extinction, at least in their family only one relative still bore the name. So they asked government officials for permission to be called Wetterlund, and permission was granted. newspaper New York Times date January 31, 2011 accessdate 2011 02 17 ref Stage names Many actor s and other entertainers includ ... more details
This is a list of characters in Fictional character fictional works who bear a Matronymic last name deriving from their mother . This includes any character with their mother s surname, whether they were given it at birth, began to use it later,or once used it but no longer use it. List naruto uzumaki Naruto Uzumaki of naruto and naruto shippuden ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Kulthum or Kulsum Lang ar is a female given name that means all of you insert . People who had this name Umm Kulthum People using it in their matronymic patronymic or surname include Amr ibn Kulthum See also Umm Kulthum name Arabic name DEFAULTSORT Kulthum Name Category Arabic feminine given names ... more details
Mac Nisse , an early Irish matronymic meaning son of Ness , may refer to Mac Nisse of Connor , founding saint of Connor, Co. Antrim d. 514 Mac Nisse, third abbot of Clonmacnoise d. 580s Fergus M r , a legendary king of the D al Riata 5th century Domangart R ti , Fergus s son and successor early 6th century hndis ... more details
Zeruiah , sometime transliterated Tzruya or Zeruya , daughter of King Nahash 2 Samuel 17 25 and stepdaughter of Jesse of the Tribe of Judah, was an older sister of King David . Zeruiah had three sons, Abishai Bible Abishai , Joab , and Asahel , all of whom were soldiers in David s army. Very little is told of her. However, her sons are invariably mentioned with the matronymic son of Zeruiah , in marked contrast to most other Biblical characters and people in many other cultures who are known by a patronymic . This seems to indicate that she was an exceptionally strong or important woman, though the specific circumstances are not given. Her name is used though not very frequently as a female given name in contemporary Israel see Tzruya Lahav , Zeruya Shalev . Category Hebrew Bible people Category David Category Judaism and women Tanakh stub de Zeruja Schwester Davids he pt Zeruia ... more details
A seriality is a social construct which differs from a mere group of individuals. Serialities take the form of labels which are either imposed onto persons or voluntarily adopted by them. A seriality can be unbound and self identified, for example workers, patriots, or anarchists, or bound and identified by authority census and elections, such as Asian American s or Tutsi s. Benedict Anderson describes bound seriality as an insidious power grab by political authority. When a state gains an interest in power they may serialize their citizens in order to identify them, for example, forcing citizens to adopt a family name or more recently a national identification number . This explanation blows because it s a difficult concept. Sorry. The term is also used Seriality Gender studies in gender studies . See also patronymic matronymic family name References Benedict Anderson. The Spectre of Comparisons . 1998. See also Critique of Dialectical Reason Category Social psychology ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date May 2008 The Rojas family is a prominent baseball family from the Dominican Republic , the Alou family hail from Felanitx , Spain . The family name in the Dominican is Rojas, but Felipe Alou and his brothers became known by the name Alou when the Giants scout who signed Felipe mistakenly thought his matronymic was his father s name. The Rojas brother s grandfather, Mateo Alou, was a spanish immigrant who arrived to the Dominican Republic in 1898. Felipe Alou , the oldest of three bothers, was the first Dominican to play regularly in the major leagues. His younger brothers Matty Alou Matty and Jes s Alou Jes s were both longtime National League outfielders, and his son Mois s Alou Mois s is a current free agent. All but Jes s have been named Major League Baseball All Star Game All Stars at least twice. They became known as the first all brother outfield. Category Sports families ... more details
Orphan date January 2011 Refimprove date May 2009 An eastern Ashkenazi c matronymic surname derived from the combination of the Yiddish female personal name Zelde from the Middle High German word s lde meaning either fortunate , blessing blessed , or happiness . the East Slavic languages eastern Slavic possessive suffix Family name affixes in . ref Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press , ISBN 0 19 508137 4 ref Historical Some notable people with the surname Zeldin include Americas, North and South Michael Zeldin Michael F. Zeldin , American attorney DC Zeldin, American CYP2J2 medical scientist Alan Zeldin, American Spy s Demise video game creator Lee Zeldin , American political scientist and Congressional candidate Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, founder of Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles, California Europe and the Middle East Vladimir Zeldin Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin born 1915 , Russian theatre and cinema actor. Theodore Zeldin born 1933 , philosopher, sociologist, historian, writer and public speaker Asia, Central and Far Empty section date January 2011 Australia & New Zealand Empty section date January 2011 Fictional Empty section date July 2010 Categories Reflist DEFAULTSORT Zeldin Category Jewish surnames Category Slavic language surnames Category Matronymics ... more details
. Matronymic naming as a choice The vast majority of Icelandic surnames carry the name of the father ... choose it as a matter of style. Icelanders whose father s identity is uncertain also carry a matronymic ... the full name of Fjalar Brynd sarson the son of Brynd s . One well known Icelander with a matronymic ... is the poet Eil fr Go r narson . Some people have both a matronymic and a patronymic for example ... more details
Zeitlin lang yi is a matronymic Jewish surname . It is derived from the female name Zeitl according to the rules of Slavic languages , with the possessive suffix in and literally means Zeitl s . When transliterated from Yiddish to Russian to English, the surname may be spelled as follows. Male forms Tseytlin, Tseitlin, Tsetlin, Tzeitlin. Female forms usually only for Slavic nationals Tseytlina, Tseitlina, Tsetlina, Tzeitlina. When transliterated via Polish, the surname may be spelled as Cejtlin, Cajtlin, Zejtlin, Zajtlin. The surname may refer to Aaron Zeitlin 1889 1896 1898, Gomel 1973, New York City , Russian US Yiddish writer, composer, and poet Alexander Zeitlin Denny Zeitlin born 1938 , US jazz pianist Elchanan Zeitlin 1902 1941 Polish Jewish poet and journalist, son of Hillel Zeitlin pl Elchanan Cajtlin pl Yevsey L vovich Zeitlin Y Evsey L vovich Tseytlin Zeitlin born 1948, Omsk , Russian writer, literary man de Jewsei Lwowitsch Zeitlin de Hillel Zeitlin 1871 1942 , Polish Yiddish writer Jacob Zeitlin , 1902 1984 , American bookseller and poet Joshua Zeitlin 1742 1822 , Shklov born Russian Jewish rabbinical scholar and philanthropist Joshua ben Aaron Zeitlin 1823 1888, Dresden , Kiev born Russian Jewish scholar and philanthropist Judith T. Zeitlin , American Jewish scholar of Chinese literature, chair of the Department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations at the University of Chicago Leon Zeitlin 1876, Memel 1967, London , German Jewish economist, politician de Leon Zeitlin de Leo Zeitlin 1884 1930 , a violinist, violist, conductor and impresario Mark Tseitlin born 1943, St.Peterburg , a Russian Israeli chess player Mikhail Tseitlin Milton Zaitlin Mirah Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlin Solomon Zeitlin 1892 1886 1976 , a Lithuanian Jewish rabbi, historian William Zeitlin 1850, Gomel 1921, Leipzig , Russian Jewish scholar and bibliographer surname Zeitlin, Zaitlin, Tseytlin, Cejtlin, Tseitlin, Cajtlin, Tsetlin, etc. Category Jewish surnames Category Polish language ... more details
Miletus Ancient Greek was a character from Greek mythology . Miletus was son of Apollo and Areia, daughter of Cleochus, of Crete ref name Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 1. 2 Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 3. 1. 2 ref . Another tradition relates that Miletus was the son of Acacallis mythology Akakallis , the daughter of Minos , with Apollo . Fearing her father s wrath she exposed the child, but Apollo commanded the she wolves to come down and nurse the child ref name Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 30 Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses , 30 ref . Yet another source ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , 9. 442 ref calls his mother Deione, and himself by the matronymic Deionides. He was loved by both Minos and Sarpedon , but showed preference for the latter, and this became the reason why Sarpedon was expelled from Crete by his brother. Miletus himself then also left Crete and became the mythical founder and eponym of the city of Miletus in Caria ref name Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 1. 2 . Myths further relate that the hero Miletus founded the city only after slaying a giant named Asterius, son of Anax Greek Anax and that the region known as Miletus was originally called Anactoria ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 2. 5 ref . Miletus married either Eidothea, daughter of Eurytus, or Tragasia, daughter of Celaenus, or Cyanee, daughter of the river god Maeander , and by her had a son Kaunos mythology Kaunos Caunus and a daughter Byblis , who happened to develop incestous feelings for each other. ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , 9. 446 665 ref ref name Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 30 ref Parthenius of Nicaea Parthenius , Love Romances , 11 ref ref Conon mythographer Conon , Narrations , 2 ref References reflist SmithDGRBM DEFAULTSORT Miletus Mythology Category Miletus Category Greek mythology Category Demigods of Classical mythology Category Offspring of Apollo Category Ionian mythology Category Cretan mythology Category Greek mythology of Anatolia Category Pederast ... more details
A security question is used as an authenticator by bank s, cable companies and wireless provider s as an extra security layer. They are a form of shared secret . ref name Levin cite web url http www.slate.com id 2183030 pagenum all title In What City Did You Honeymoon? And other monstrously stupid bank security questions first Josh last Levin publisher Slate date 2008 01 30 ref Financial institution s have used questions to authenticate customers since at least the early 20th century. In a 1906 speech at a meeting of a section of the American Bankers Association , Baltimore banker William M. Hayden described his institution s use of security questions as a supplement to customer signature records. He described the signature cards used in opening new bank account account s, which had spaces for the customer s birthplace, residence, mother s maiden name, occupation and age. Hayden noted that some of these items were often left blank and that the residence information was used primarily to contact the customer, but the matronymic mother s maiden name was useful as a strong test of identity. Although he observed that it was rare for someone outside the customer s family to try to withdraw money from a customer account, he said that the mother s maiden name was useful in verification because it was rarely known outside the family and that even the people opening accounts were often unprepared for this question. ref William M. Hayden 1906 , http books.google.com books?id k5VMAAAAYAAJ&pg PA909 Systems in Savings Banks , The Banking Law Journal , volume 23, page 909. ref Similarly, under modern practice, a credit card provider could request a customer s mother s maiden name before issuing a replacement for a lost card. ref name Levin In the 2000s, security questions came into widespread use on the Internet . ref name Levin As a form of self service password reset , security questions have reduced information technology help desk costs. ref name Levin By allowing the use of ... more details
, a matronymic such as Beaton surname Beaton , or a clan name such as O Brien . Multiple surnames ... indicates the first name of the person s father patronymic or in some cases mother matronymic . The words patronymic and matronymic derive from Greek patr father and matr mother , onyma name . Most family ... more details
or altogether unknown, a matronymic is used. The patro or matronymic is written before the given name ..., not by the full patronymic. There are cases in which a matronymic has been legally ... more details
Refimprove date April 2007 In Irish mythology , Elatha or Elathan was a prince of the Fomorians and the father of Bres by Eri of the Tuatha D Danann . The imagery surrounding him he visits riu at night by sea on a silver boat suggests he may once have been a moon god . Commented out because image was deleted Image Fitzpatrick Eri.JPG thumb Bres and Elathan by Jim Fitzpatrick Overview Elathan is quoted as being the The beautiful Miltonic prince of darkness with golden hair . He was the son of Dalbaech and a king of the Fomor, he was father of Bres by Eri, a woman of the Tuatha de Danann. He came to her over the sea in a vessel of silver, himself having the appearance of a young man with yellow hair, wearing clothes of gold and five gold torcs. He was one of the Fomor who took part in the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh. During the Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh, Elathan, son of Dalbaech, watched over Dagda s magic harp, Uaithne , sometimes called Dur da Bla, the Oak of Two Blossoms, and sometimes Coir cethar chuin, the Four Angled Music. He is said to have a sense of humor and a sense of nobility. Though considered to be the Fomorian father of Eochu Bres, Elatha Elada was also the father of the Dagda, Ogma, a son named Delbaeth, and Elloth the father of Manannan mac Lir according to the Lebor Gabala Erinn. The mother of these Tuatha De Danann chiefs may have been Ethne, the mother of Lug, based on Ogma s often cited matronymic mac Ethliu. Since Ethne was Fomorian, this means they are all Fomorians. This is rather confusing, but may betray the battle between the two groups as actually being about the new generation of gods displacing the older generation. Elathan and Bres She told him that his father was Elathan, one of the Kings of the Fomorians that he had come to her one time over a level sea in a great vessel that seemed to be of silver that he himself had the appearance of a young man with yellow hair, his clothes decked with gold and five rings of gold around h ... more details
Mary Ruthsdotter Oct. 14, 1944 Jan. 8, 2010 was a feminist activist who co founded the National Women s History Project , for which she produced curriculum guides, teacher training programs and videos on women s history . She played an influential role in obtaining Congressional resolutions and Presidential proclamations designating Women s History Week and, later, Women s History Month . ref Derek Moore, Sebastopol Activist Dies at 65, The Press Democrat , Jan. 12, 2010, p. B1. http www.pressdemocrat.com article 20100112 NEWS 1121027 ref Early life and education Born Mary Pegau in 1944 in Fairfield, Iowa , Ruthsdotter lived many places in her youth as her father, a U.S. Marine Corps pilot, was assigned to bases in Arizona, California, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Taiwan. Settling in Los Angeles , she married Dave Crawford in 1964, taking his last name. She attended UCLA in the 1970s, earning a BA in urban geography. She became a feminist, and changed her legal name to Icelandic names Matronymic naming as a choice Ruthsdotter , in honor of her mother, Ruth Moyer, in 1978. ref Moore, Sebastopol Activist Dies at 65, p. B2. ref ref Susan Swartz, Women honor their past, The Press Democrat , March 24, 1996, pp. D1. ref Women s history advocate Ruthsdotter became an activist for women after moving from Los Angeles to Sonoma County, California , in 1977. In 1980 she joined with Molly MacGregor, Bette Morgan, Paula Hammett, and Maria Cuevas to found the National Women s History Project NWHP . Working as projects director for 20 years, Ruthsdotter raised money for materials for students, teachers and librarians. She wrote press releases promoting women s history through radio, television, magazines and newspapers. She gathered an extensive collection of the leading books and materials pertaining to women s history and biography, making the NWHP the leading national resource on women s history. She traveled extensively, making presentations, training teachers ... more details
her father s or husband s name. Some names were entirely female. Patronymic and matronymic As in Proto ... a matronymic, same construction. Sometimes males are identified with a matronymic, thus leaving some ... more details
Ailill mac M ta is the king of the Connachta and the husband of queen Medb in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology . He rules from Cruachan, Ireland Cruachan Rathcroghan in County Roscommon . Family background, marriage and offspring The sagas explain mac M ta as a matronymic his mother is M ta Muirisc, daughter of M ga, of the Fir Ol n cmacht, a tribal grouping of Connacht, through whom he claimed the throne of the Connachta. His father is Rus Ruad, king of the Laigin , whose other sons include Cairbre Nia Fer , king of Hill of Tara Tara , Find Fili, who succeeded him as king of the Laigin, and in some texts Cathbad , chief druid of Conchobar mac Nessa of the Ulaid . The T in B C ailnge says Medb chose him as husband, ahead of Find, Cairbre and Conchobar, because he alone among them was without meanness, jealousy or fear. ref name TBC2 Cecile O Rahilly ed. & trans. , T in B C alnge from the Book of Leinster , Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1967 ref ref Cite CGH Page needed date September 2010 ref A late saga, Cath Boinde , tells a different story. It says Ailill was the grandson of Medb s sister Ele, and came to Cruachan as a young child to be raised by Medb, who was already reigning there with her then husband Eochaid D la. He grew up to be a fine warrior, and became chief of Medb s bodyguard, and her lover. Eochaid tried to expel Ailill from Connacht, but Medb would not allow it. He then challenged him to single combat, and lost. Ailill then became Medb s husband and king of the Connachta. ref name CathBoinde Joseph O Neill ed. & trans. , http www.ucd.ie tlh trans jon.eriu.2.001.t.text.html Cath B inde , riu journal riu 2, 1905, pp. 173 185 ref Ailill and Medb had seven sons, all called Maine. They originally had other names, but after Medb asked a druid which of her sons would kill Conchobar, and received the reply Maine , they were all renamed as follows Fedlimid became Maine Athramail like his father Cairbre became Maine M thramail like his mother E ... more details
Burmese names lack the serial quality of most modern names. The Bamar Burmese people have no customary patronymic or matronymic system and thus there is no surname at all. In Burmese culture, people can change their name at will, often with no government oversight, to reflect a change in the course of their lives. Also, many Burmese names use an honorific , given at some point in life, as an integral part of the name. However, in modern Burma many of these traditions are changing. ref http www.theatlantic.com doc 195802 burma names Burmese Names A Guide. Daw Mi Khaing. The Atlantic. February 1958 ref Traditional and Western style names Burmese names were originally one syllable, as in the cases of U Nu and U Thant . In the mid 20th century, many Burmese started using two syllables, albeit without any formal structure. As they become more familiar with Western culture, Burmese people are gradually increasing the number of syllables in their children s names, by use of various structures. Today, names with up to four syllables are common for males and up to five for females. For example, Aung San s parents were named Pha my and Suu my , both of which are single syllable names. His birth name was Htain Lin my , but he changed his name to Aung San my later in life. His child is named Aung San Suu Kyi my . The first part of her name, Aung San , is from her father s name at the time of her birth. Suu comes from her grandmother. Kyi comes from her mother, Khin Kyi my . The addition of the father or mother s name in a person s name is now quite frequent, although it does not denote the development of a family name. Other nomenclature systems are used as well. The use of the names of one s parents and relatives in personal names has been criticized as an un Burmese adoption of seriality , although it differs from historical Western practices. Bamar people Bamar names commonly include Pali derived words examples include thanda my cor ... more details
citations missing date April 2010 A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person , and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at Childbirth birth or at a young age plus a surname . It is nearly universal for a human to have a name the rare exceptions occur in the cases of mentally disturbed parents, feral child ren growing up in isolation, or infants orphaned by natural disaster of whom no written record survives. Citation needed date January 2008 The Convention on the Rights of the Child specifies that a child has the right from birth to a name. ref http www.unhchr.ch html menu3 b k2crc.htm Text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child , Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44 25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. ref Naming Convention norm conventions are strongly influenced by culture , with some cultures being more flexible on naming than others. However, for all cultures where historical records are available, the naming rules are known to change over time. Structure Common components of true names given at birth include Personal Name Universal. In most of Western culture, the given name precedes the family name some other cultures place it after the family name, or use no family name. Patronymic A family name surname based on the given name of the father. Matronymic A family name surname based on the given name of the mother. Family name A name used by all members of a family. In Europe , after the loss of the Roman naming conventions Roman system , the common use of family names started quite early in some areas France in the 13th century, and Germany in the 16th century , but it often did not happen until much later in areas that used a patronymic naming custom, such as the Scandinavia n countries, Wales , and some areas of Germany as well as Eastern Europe a ... more details
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