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matronymics

matronymics is the plural of matronymic.

Meaning of matronymic

Noun

matronymic (plural matronymics)

  1. A surname or byname acquired from the given name of one's mother.
  2. By extension, a surname or byname acquired from the given name from a female ancestor.

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Questions about matronymics

What is matronymics the plural of?
Matronymics is the plural of matronymic.

Words near matronymics in the dictionary

  1. matronship
  2. matronships
  3. matronym
  4. matronymic
  5. matronymically
  6. matronymics
  7. matronyms
  8. Matroosberg
  9. matrophobia
  10. matross
  11. matrosses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matronymics (page history and authors); matronymic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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