These patronymic names were official and even used on legal documents where inheritances can be seen to pass from father to son with different "last names".

This is an Arabic patronymic name, there is no surname.

Most families took a patronymic name, but some adopted a farm name.

Due to the greater diversity of these names each specific name is less common than most patronymic names.

It is a patronymic name, i.e. it comes from "son of Gerhard".

In addition to the first (given) names, Ukrainians also have patronymic and family names.

Others were direct translations of patronymic names.

The surname Rodríguez could have originated in the 9th century when patronymic names originated.

It is a patronymic name, meaning "son of Velasco"

A prominent example of this is a stateswoman who had two patronymic names, before becoming known without one.