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That is important because many familiar patronymics are based on otherwise obsolete nicknames, as we shall see.
The patronymics of powerful tribes such as Howard, Clarence, Cecil, Percy, Douglas, Bruce, Tudor , and Stuart are all seen as masculine.
For example, over 285 names appear under George . Moreover, within each entry the names are broken down according to form and structure--for example, variants, cognates, diminutives, augmentatives, patronymics, and patronymics from diminutives-- with further classification (according to language) and comment.
English patronymics fall into three common types: 1) the father's name alone, John Will; 2) the father's name plus possessive -s , John Williams or Wills , meaning, in effect, William's John; and 3) the father's name plus -son , John Williamson or Wilson .
Many family names are patronymics, so called because they are based on the first name of some long-ago father.