patronym patronship • patronymic · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · patronym · · Text Latin · · Script 8 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) 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). Synonyms: patronymic. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · patronymic · · Synonym 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079