Two weeks ago I discussed the patronymic names of the Celtic countries of Scotland and Ireland. Patronymic surnames are derived from a person’s father’s first name, and reflect the Gaelic language ...

These British last names are better than beans on toast.

Many, if not most, Danish surnames are derived from patronymic names (the given name of the ancestor’s father). Danish surnames, of course, are now fixed, but they reflect the patronymic system that ...