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[Word] patronym [Example] e.g. Benson (son of Ben) [More information] Here are a few more patronyms from other languages and cultures: Arabic bin (bin Laden, son of Laden), bint (Bint Ahmed, daughter of Ahmed) Hebrew ben (Ben-Gurion, son of Gurion; Ben-Hur, son of Hur) Hindi -putra/put (Brahmaputra, son of Brahma; Rajput, son of king) Irish and Scottish Mac/Mc- (McDonald, son of Donald) Irish O (O'Brien, grandson/descendant of Brien) Norman Fitz- (Fitzgerald, son of Gerald) Russian -ich/-vich, as a middle name (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, son of Pavlov). Spanish -ez (Fernandez, son of Fernando; Gonzalez son of Gonzalo) Welsh ap or p (Pritchard from ap Richard, son of Richard). [Meaning] 
A name derived from the name of father or an ancestor;A surname or family name.
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