Teknonymy (from Ancient Greek: τέκνον 'child' and ὄνομα 'name')[1] is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children.
[2] This practice can be found in many different cultures around the world.
The term was coined by anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in an 1889 paper.
[3] Such names are called teknonyms, teknonymics, or paedonymics.
[4] Teknonymy can be found in: