Sentence examples for Matronymic from inspiring English sources

The Etruscans rarely used the cognomen (family nickname) employed by the Romans, but often inscriptions include the name of both the father (patronymic) and the mother (matronymic).

Commonest are patronymic or matronymic surnames, which derive from a mother or father's forename.

I've realised that giving children the matronymic surname at birth is rare.