Meaning of papponymy | Babel Free

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The practice, or an instance, of naming a grandson after his grandfather.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Papponymy is not documented among Israelites. The only exception, Tahat son of 'Elyada' son of Tahat is doubtful and is not a papponymy sensu stricto.”

“He tries to fill⟳ these gaps primarily by means of information from several sources: Papponymy (the naming of a grandson after a grandfather) was a common practice during this period.”

“Documented cases of maternal-line papponymy (a child named for a male ancestor on the maternal line) indicate⟳ that children born in marriages between women of Greek background (as determined by their fathers' Greek names) and men whose Babylonian names point⟳ to Babylonian identity were nearly as likely to bear⟳ Greek names as they were to have⟳ Babylonian names.”

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