'Matronymic' definitions:
Definition of 'matronymic'
(from WordNet)
noun
A name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor [syn: matronymic, metronymic]
Definition of 'Matronymic'
From: GCIDE
- Matronymic \Mat`ro*nym"ic\, n. [L. mater mother + -nymic, as in patronimic.] See Metronymic. [1913 Webster]