LOL - onomastic studies are difficult to talk about without using some jargon.
onomastic -- having to do with the study of names.
Patronymic --- a surname based on your father's name
Metronymic -- a surname based on your mother's name
byname -- any part of your name other than the given name. Used to distinguish one Marelli from another. There are many kinds of bynames, including the above, true surnames, names of locations or names of occupation.
So, in Iceland today if your name is Helga and your fathers name is Sven, you would be Helga Svensdottir. If you were Sven's son Karl, you would be Karl Svensson. Metronymics are much rarer in human cultures, but in Norman French where the "son of" marker is "fitz" we do see an example of William fitz Maud. In all cases where the patronymics and metronymics have not yet made the conversion to being inherited surnames, the form of address ignores the byname.
The order of bynames and given names depends on language and culture. Usually bynames are placed after the given name, but not always. In the case of Tryker names it is clear that the patronymics and metronymics are first in the usual case. For the Matis the family names seem to be heritable surnames and are after the given name.
onomastic -- having to do with the study of names.
Patronymic --- a surname based on your father's name
Metronymic -- a surname based on your mother's name
byname -- any part of your name other than the given name. Used to distinguish one Marelli from another. There are many kinds of bynames, including the above, true surnames, names of locations or names of occupation.
So, in Iceland today if your name is Helga and your fathers name is Sven, you would be Helga Svensdottir. If you were Sven's son Karl, you would be Karl Svensson. Metronymics are much rarer in human cultures, but in Norman French where the "son of" marker is "fitz" we do see an example of William fitz Maud. In all cases where the patronymics and metronymics have not yet made the conversion to being inherited surnames, the form of address ignores the byname.
The order of bynames and given names depends on language and culture. Usually bynames are placed after the given name, but not always. In the case of Tryker names it is clear that the patronymics and metronymics are first in the usual case. For the Matis the family names seem to be heritable surnames and are after the given name.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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