How To Use Matronymic In A Sentence

“Kunyat” = patronymic or matronymic; a name beginning with “Abu” (father) or with “Umm” (mother). The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Even less common is the use of both matronymic and patronymic names – e.g., Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund
In the above family, the two kids would be named Jón Guðrúnsson and Siga Guðrúnsdottir if matronymic naming was followed. Matthew Yglesias » The Bjork Fund
Hence the great clans, Habr Gerhajis and Awal, who prefer the matronymic — Habr signifying a mother, — since, according to their dictum, no man knows who may be his sire. 9 These increased and multiplied by connection and affiliation to such an extent that about 300 years ago they drove their progenitors, the Galla, from First footsteps in East Africa
The “Kuniyah,” bye-name, patronymic or matronymic, is necessary amongst Moslems whose list of names, all connected more or less with religion, is so scanty. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

One explanation for Simons mysterious background lies in his actual name: fitz means son of but FitzMary is in fact a matronymic (i.e. derived from his mothers Christian name) which commonly denoted illegitimate birth (as in Martin FitzAlice, alderman of St Michaels, Paternoster Royal, in 1281). Bedlam
I think that Iceland was the only one of these countries to use matronymic names regularly. An Unconventional Naming Convention
I cut off my hair, I went naked in public, I learned ideas by the fistful, I changed my last name to Jochild (a matronymic) and I came back courageous. CLAIMING YOUR PEOPLE: THINK BIG
It is interesting that their usual surnames are all patronymics or matronymics, rather than the locatives that would be more likely were any of the four from immigrant families.