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* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s Legendarium/Middle-earth world (''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', etc) most peoples make use of patronymics. The only ones to use modern-style family names are the Shire-Hobbits, and the Men and Hobbits of Bree-land (both lands which are culturally closest to modern day). Thus, for example, the dwarf Thorin Oakenshield (the latter name is an epithet, an earned one) is Thorin, son of Thráin, son of Thrór, while hobbit Frodo Baggins introduced himself as "Frodo, son of Drogo" when abroad.
** Parodied in [[Discworld]], where Dwarves often get uncreative. An example can be Snorriscousin or Glodsnephew. Also their patronymic surnames can stack, leading to Glodsonsonsonsonsonsonsons...
* [[The Culture]] in [[Iain M Banks|Iain M. Banks's]] sci-fi novels have a complicated naming system, which is more a potted biography - it includes at least one name given by the parents, one family name, one name based on the place they were born, one name based on their place of residence, and one name chosen by the people themselves when they reach maturity. As an example, the Author would be "Sol-Terrasa Iain El-Bonko Banks da'NorthQueensferry". He's [https://web.archive.org/web/20061128172539/http://nuwen.net/culture.html occasionally actually used the Anglicised version.]
* In Tamora Pierce's [[Tortall Universe]], the people of the country of Galla use patronymics, a fact that is important in the history of Veralidaine Sarrasri (aka Daine) because, as a [[Heroic Bastard]], she must use her ''mother's'' name as a matronymic, which draws scrutiny to her and her status as a bastard.
* ''[[The Seventh Tower]]'' has the Chosen ''hyphenate'' their parents' names (e.g., "Tal Graile-Rerem"), while the Icecarls have been known to introduce themselves with several generations of their ancestry (e.g., "I am Milla, daughter of Ylse, daughter of Emor, daughter of Rohen, daughter of Cylo, in the line of Danir since the Ruin of the Ship"). Not only that, Icecarls also can earn Oakenshield-style epithets.
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