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

1 sense of patronym

Sense 1
patronymic, patronym -- (a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal 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")