Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun metronymic

1 sense of metronymic

Sense 1
matronymic, metronymic -- (a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor)
       => name -- (a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing")