Teknonymy

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: