History Main / IAmXSonOfY

* ''Literature/ToShapeADragonsBreath'' has both versions. The Masquisit and Naquisit do not [[OnlyOneName have last names]] but are referred to by others among their people with the mother's name first, e.g. Anequs is called the daughter of Chagoma and Aponakwe. Among the Anglish, due to heavy Norsman influence, many people have patronymic surnames. Anequs has been assigned the patronymic surname Aponakwedottir — "Aponakwe's daughter." [[{{EmbarrassingLastName}} She hates it]].

* In ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', before their final duel, Achilles declares himself, "Achilles, son of Peleus" and Chiron declares himself, "Chiron, son of Cronus".

** The trope is also discussed when Kylara has a son--she says--by T'bor, and names him T'kil. F'lar notes to Lessa that if she'd stuck perfectly to convention she would have named him T'lar, but that might "cause confusion," deliberately needling Lessa, whose jealousy is piqued by the promiscuous Kylara. Though he was monogamous subsequent to becoming Lessa's weyrmate, F'lar mentally concedes (but does not say) that the child ''could'' [[IncrediblyLamePun conceivably]] be his.

** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Seven of Nine often addresses [[TagalongKid Naomi Wildman]] as "[[FullNameBasis Naomi Wildman]], [[ExpospeakGag subunit]] of Ensign Samantha Wildman."

** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Seven of Nine realises that [[TagalongKid Naomi Wildman is following her around]] and challenges her.
--->'''Seven of Nine:''' Naomi Wildman, subunit of Ensign Samantha Wildman. State your intentions.

* ''VideoGame/EternityTheLastUnicorn'' introduces the Viking character, Bior, in this manner. "I am Bior, son of Bathor, and I have never breathed such evil air as this...
"

* "{{Dracula}}", Vlad III's nickname and the inspiration for Bram Stoker's infamous vampire, means "son of the dragon".[[note]]Language evolution later turned it into "son of the devil"[[/note]] The "dragon" in question was his actual father Vlad II Dracul, i.e. the "Dragon" or "Last Dragon" as he was one of the last members of the Order of the Dragon. Modern Romanian has the patronymic ending "-escu".
* In Jewish Torah services and certain blessings, people will be called by "[Hebrew Name], (female)bat/(male)ben [Name of Father]". Traditionally, converts called to the Torah give their parents' names as Abraham and Sarah, the first ancestors of the Jewish people. Just to make this complicated though, this is reversed if someone is sick, then they are prayed for as the child of their mother. Originally, it was exclusively male, but after the Romans came through, that was ... not feasible. When you have a reasonable fraction of the population born to single mothers, rules like that just have to go. However, they haven't totally given up the male-line issues. For example, you're Jewish if your mother's Jewish. However, identification as a Levite or a Kohen comes strictly from the father. Add to this that surnames are a relatively new development at least among Ashkenazi Jews. While Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews adopted surnames as early as the 13th century, Ashkenazi Jews did not adopt them until forced by law in the 18th century.
* As mentioned above, Arabic names also get this treatment, with "ibn" or "bin" used for sons and "bint" used for daughters.

* A slight tweak are the "Fitz" names, which originally meant "son of" (it's a Norman variation of the French word ''fils'') but was later appropriated to mean "''illegitimate'' son of." Please note that this use came into play ''after'' most of the larger families, such as the Fitzgeralds of Ireland, were founded, so no, there wasn't some Gerald who was sleeping around a ton.[[note]]Well, there was at least one Gerald, and whoever he was he was almost certainly a Norman knight in the 11th-12th century, so he probably ''did'' sleep around a ton. But that's just what Norman knights did in Ireland in the 11th and 12th centuries and is nothing to do with his descendants' being called Fitzgerald.[[/note]] On the other hand, someone named [=FitzRoy=] is almost certainly a descendant of an illegitimate child of a king, very probably [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfStuart Charles II]], who ''did'' sleep around a ton; the most famous of this lot are the Dukes of Grafton and their family, including Captain Robert [=FitzRoy=] (the commander of HMS ''Beagle'', who hired UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin essentially as a conversation partner, putting Darwin on the voyage of his lifetime). For another example, anyone named "[=FitzClarence=]" or "Fitzclarence" is very probably a descendant of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfHanover William IV]], who was Duke of Clarence before ascending to the throne; he did ''not'' sleep around a lot, but rather had a steady mistress whom he couldn't marry because she was an Irish actress and he was, well, the Duke of Clarence in 1791 (they had ''[[MassiveNumberedSiblings ten]]'' children).

--> It seemed to me, almost, that my father had got to where he was by climbing upon my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and had left me with nothing but the empty fame of being his son.
* This used to be common practice in English. Anglo-Saxon culture gave patronymics to both sons and daughters. The son of a man named Edmund, for example, would be Edmundesson, while a daughter would be Edmundesdottor. This practice continued for the lower-class population of England - usually those of Anglo-Saxon descent - after the Norman Conquest and the introduction of more familiar names like John, Robert and Richard. This is reflected in many common English surnames today, such as Johnson, Robertson, and Richardson.
* In some parts of Brazil, a child is usually referred of "X of\from [father]". This even led once-president José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa, always referred to as "Zé do Sarney", to legally change his name so as to use his father's name as a surname, [[https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Sarney José Sarney]].

* In a variant, Chinese names can contain 2 or 3 characters. The first is the surname, and the second (if of three) can be a "generation name", which all children of a given generation of that family share, the third character being the personal name. So if the Li family has children, and the generation name is 光 (Guāng), the children would be Li Guang''foo'', Li Guang''bar'', Li Guang''baz'', etc.

* Altaïr's full name in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' is Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad, meaning "Flying One, son of Nobody". Which is strange as his father's name is revealed in a later game.

Until the latter half of the 20th century, it was generally accepted that openly bearing your father's or culture's good name as a badge of honor was perfectly acceptable behavior, as it showed [[ThickerThanWater filial loyalty to one's roots]]. Not only was "Son of Y" basically your surname in ancient times, but UsefulNotes/{{Patronymic}} surnames are also where many modern last names come from ("Jacob'''son'''", "'''Mac'''Donald", "Alexey'''ev'''", "Ivan'''ovich'''", "'''bin''' Tariq" and "Gonzál'''ez'''", for example).

%%* Done a lot in Literature/TheBible, sometimes with the variation of using the tribe name instead.* ''Literature/ByTheWatersOfBabylon'': The protagonist declares himself "John, son of [[AncestralName John"]].

*** {{Subverted}} with "Voq, Son of None"("Voq pagh puqloD" in Klingonese), [[AlbinosAreFreaks a rare albino Klingon who's considered a freak and an outcast]]. However, because of his desire to prove himself, T'Kuvma essentially adopts Voq as his torchbearer and chosen successor.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' cartoon, Thor introduces himself as "Thor, Son of Odin." Thing answers, "Son of Odin, eh? Thou has ticked off Ben Grimm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grimm!"

** {{Subverted}} in ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' with "Voq, Son of None"("Voq pagh puqloD" in Klingonese), [[AlbinosAreFreaks a rare albino Klingon who's considered a freak and an outcast]]. However, because of his desire to prove himself, T'Kuvma essentially adopts Voq as his torchbearer and chosen successor.

* Connor, Duncan and Colin "Macleod, of the Clan Macleod" all bear their ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' heritage with pride, despite the fact that the first two are cast out from their families for being demons and the third being an adopted Briton.

-->Belial: "Who are you?"\\
Zero: "[[MyHeroZero Zero]], Ultraman Zero. The Son of [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Seven]]!"

* ''Literature/TheShahnameh'': On his third Labor, Rostam encounters a murderous talking dragon. When the Dragon asks
Rostam's name so he knows who he's about to kill, Rostam proudly gives him not only his own name but also his father Zal, grandfather Sahm and great grandfather Nariman's name.

* In [[VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense Bloons Tower Defense]] 6 Quincy parodies this tropes by saying "I am Quincy, son of Quincy" This is also played with his skins
** Cyber Quincy Skin has "I am Quincy, evolved from Quincy!", and his "Wolfpack Quincy" skin has "I am Quincy, of pack Quincy"

** And also parodied with the [[GrimUpNorth Hublandic]] [[BarbarianTribe barbarians]], who can end up with names like "Volf Volfsonsonsonsonsonson". In ''The Compleat Discworld Atlas'', we're told that a polite greeting to a Nothingfjord chieftain involves going back about forty generations. [[RepetitiveName Most of whom are called Eric]].

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* ''Manga/VinlandSaga'': "I am Thorfinn, son of Thors."

* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': In a "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" short story written by Alan Moore and published in ''Green Lantern (Volume 2) #188'', there was [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Bolphunga the Unrelenting]]. He pursued the Green Lantern Mogo, not knowing that the seemingly uninhabited planet that he'd landed on to ''find'' Mogo [[spoiler:'''was''' Mogo]], and introduced himself as "''Bolphunga'', son of ''Boff''!"
* In ''ComicBook/AdventureComics #420'' ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} visits another planet. When she meets one of the local inhabitants, the man says: "Welcome, traveler! I am Togran, son of Vorko!"
* DC's ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' features Ibn al Xu'ffasch, the son of [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne]] and ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul. "Ibn al Xu'ffasch" is Arabic for "Son of bat".

* Done by Gene in one ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' FanFic, directed at his abusive and violent stepfather. "I'm not your puppet or your slave! I'm Temugin Khan, son of Aung Htain, who was five times the man you will ever be! [[HeroicSacrifice He laid down his life to fight evil]] and I am honored to call him my father. But you? You're just a dirty coward with superpowers." Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and IAmWhatIAm for Gene.
* Akiko from the ''Fanfic/HorseshoesAndHandGrenades'' sidestory ''Month of Sunday'' states this to [[spoiler: a brainwashed Shotaro]]: "I am Akiko Narumi-Terui, daughter of the famous Souichi Narumi...[[spoiler: and the new Kamen Rider Skull!]]"
* ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'': "I am Duncan [=McSmurf=] of the clan [=McSmurf=]."

* "Fanfic/TheUniverseDoesntCheat" has Eleya use this when addressing some Klingons in their language.
--> “''[=SuvwI’pu’ tlhIngan batlh, =]''Eleya'', ''Torvo''[= puqbe’ jIH. HoD Constitution yuQjIjDIvI’ ’ejDo’. jatlh neH.=]''”[[labelnote:translation]]"Honored Klingon warriors, I am Eleya, daughter of Torvo. I am Captain of the Federation Starship ''Constitution''. I want to talk."[[/labelnote]]

* ''Fanfic/FatesCollide'': Before they begin their duel, Achilles announces, "My name is Achilles, son of the hero Peleus." Yang responds, "My name is Yang Xiao Long, daughter of the hunter Taiyang."
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'': During the Fourth Ninja War, Tsunade introduces herself to [[spoiler:Madara Uchiha]] this way:
-->"My name is Tsunade Senju, and I am Hashirama Senju's granddaughter! And just like my grandfather did in the past, so shall I protect both my loved ones and Konoha from scum like you!"

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'' introduces "Eret, son of Eret."

* Connor, Duncan and Colin "Macleod, of the Clan Macleod" all bear their ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' heritage with pride, despite the fact that the first two are cast out from their families for being demons and the third being an adopted Briton.
* In ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'':
-->'''Liu Kang:''' I am Liu Kang, descendant of Kung Lao. I challenge you to Mortal Kombat. Do you accept, or yield?

* In ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', the Vulcan high priestess, T'Lar, addresses Ambassador Sarek as "child of Skon, child of Solkar". When she asks for the keeper of Spock's ''[[OurSoulsAreDifferent katra]]'', [=McCoy=] responds, "[=McCoy=], Leonard H., son of David."

* In ''Film/The13thWarrior,'' Antonio Banderas' character introduces himself as "Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan Ibn Al Abbas Ibn Rashid Ibn Hamad," where "Ibn" means "son of". The Norsemen he's talking to conclude his name is "Eben".
* Justified in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. When the "Rig family" reach the lands of [[AmazonBrigade Vuvalini]], Furiosa introduces herself with her whole tribal lineage so she won't be gunned down from ambush in the belief that they're DesertBandits. Also a case of IAmWhatIAm, since this is probably the first time in the last 20 years when she fully acknowledges her origins and starts reconnecting with her past.
-->'''Furiosa:''' I am one of the Vuvalini! Of the Many Mothers! My Initiate Mother was K.T. Concannon! I am the daughter of Mary Jabassa. My clan was Swaddle Dog!
* ''Film/CoolRunnings'': "My name is Derice Bannock. I'm Ben Bannock's son."
* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'':
-->'''Vespa:''' I am Princess Vespa, daughter of Roland, King of the Druids!\\
'''Lone Star:''' Oh, that's all we needed -- a [[JewishAmericanPrincess Druish princess]].\\
'''Barf:''' Funny... she doesn't ''look'' Druish.
* In the 1974 sexploitation movie ''The Arena'' (a.k.a. ''Naked Warriors'') one of the women MadeASlave introduces herself this way, only to be told derisively, "Nobody cares who your father was. If you were worth knowing, you wouldn't be here."
* ''Film/Supergirl1984'': When Selena attempts to threaten ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, she responds, "I am Kara of Argo City, daughter of Alura and Zor-El, and I don't scare easily."

* From ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'':
-->'''Arthur:''' I am Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon of the Castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, sovereign of all England.
* ''Film/{{Apocalypto}}'': When the hero briefly evades his pursuers by jumping over a waterfall, he yells, "I am Jaguar Paw, son of Flint Sky. My father hunted this forest before me. My name is Jaguar Paw. I am a hunter! This is my forest! And my sons will hunt it with their sons after I am gone."
* ''Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends'': Right [[PreAssKickingOneLiner before]] [[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraman]] [[Franchise/UltramanZero Zero]] prepares to deliver a CurbStompBattle to the remaining members of the 100 Monster Army and Ultraman Belial to avenge his father, he introduces himself to the latter when asked who he is with this quote.
-->Belial: "Who are you?"\\
Zero: "[[MyHeroZero Zero]], Ultraman Zero. The Son of [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Seven]]!"
* In ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'', Abu introduces himself as Abu the thief, son of [[AncestralName Abu the thief]], grandson of [[ExaggeratedTrope Abu the thief]].

* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** In Creator/JRRTolkien's Middle-earth books, modern-style family names are only used in the Shire and Bree-land. Everyone else works with patronymics.
** One of the best examples is Thorin declaring himself in Lake-town in ''Literature/TheHobbit'':
--->'''Thorin:''' I am Thorin son of Thráin son of Thrór King Under the Mountain! ''[[RightfulKingReturns I return!]]''
** In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': "I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."
** In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': "I am Beren son of Barahir, friend of Felagund. Take me to the King!"
** Even the hobbits use patronymics once out of the Shire and past Bree-land. In Rivendell, Elrond introduces "Frodo son of Drogo" to the council, and later Frodo introduces himself to Faramir that way. At Isengard Merry introduces himself to Theoden as "Meriadoc, son of Saradoc," and Pippin takes oath in Gondor as "Peregrin, son of Paladin."
* ''Literature/TheShahnameh'': On his third Labor, Rostam encounters a murderous talking dragon. When the Dragon asks Rostam's name so he knows who he's about to kill, Rostam proudly gives him not only his own name but also his father Zal, grandfather Sahm and great grandfather Nariman's name.
* ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'':
** It's an unusual example -- she hates her blood father and everything he stood for -- but when Leia Organa Solo is almost kidnapped by a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Noghri Noghri]] commando, he is able to smell her bloodline and calls her the ''Mal'ary'ush'', the daughter of the savior. Of course, he doesn't mean Bail Organa. After their world was poisoned, Darth Vader showed up, created peace among the clans, had droids sent down to purify some of the soil, and got them into a deep debt to the Empire. Leia ends up accepting this and even visiting the ruined Noghri homeworld to attempt to coax them away from the Empire, and when she finds the proof that they do not in fact owe the Empire for their continued existence, she introduces herself to the Imperial-loyal ruling body as Darth Vader's daughter. When they attempt to capture her, in accordance to their new overlord's commands, she holds and ignites her lightsaber using the Force, finally getting their full attention.
--->'''Leia:''' I am not merely the daughter of Lord Vader. I am the ''Mal'ary'ush'': heir to his authority and his power. I have come through many dangers to reveal the treachery that has been done to the Noghri people.
** It is highly interesting that Vader's ''daughter'' is considered his "heir" not his son. Leia remains the ''Mal'ary'ush'' even after the Noghri know about Luke. In the third book of the trilogy the Noghri greet Luke as the "Son of Vader". Actually becomes a plot point, when Mara asks who this "Son of Vader" the Noghri are expecting show up and save them is. When she finds out it's Luke...
** Interestingly, Thrawn's own full name, ''Mitth'raw'nuruodo'', is this in Cheunh (which is why it's near-unpronounceable for humans), despite being exiled; in Basic/English, it would read as something to the effect of ''"Thrawn Nuruodo of the Mitth family"''. This is as Chiss names have the Ruling family as prefix and the House they are a part of within that family as suffix, forming the "Core name" by attaching the last character/sound of the Family and the first of the House name to the beginning and end of the personal (childhood) name.
* In the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series, Martin the Warrior announces himself as "Martin, son of Luke" multiple times in his eponymous book. Also spoken by Martin at least once in the books Mossflower, and The Legend of Luke. It should be noted that at first, he introduces himself as "Martin, son of Luke the Warrior". It isn't until later that he introduces himself as "Martin the Warrior, son of Luke".
* Invoked by both the Monsalve sisters on ''Literature/ShoshanYLaDamaOscura''.
** Violeta choosed Murasaki Fujita as her pseudonym, ''Murasaki'' being the translation of her name to japanese (and the nickname that her mother gave to her) and ''Fujita'' because Danae Fujita -- a terrorist -- was the supposed real identity of Dagmar Obscura, Violeta's mother. As she says to Sasuke ''I choosed Fujita as a way to tell those idiots that I will love my mother no matter whom she was''.
** Yuga uses this trope with Violeta when he calls her ''Comrade Xingcun'', being Xingcun the last name of Violeta's biological father.
** Luisa is called ''Mori-chan'' in Japan because of her father, who changed his name from Luis Monsalve to Rintaro Mori when he exiled in Japan.
* ''Literature/TheOdyssey'':
** "I am Odysseus, son of Laertes." This makes this trope OlderThanFeudalism.
** Also in ''The Odyssey'', the recurring formal way of addressing the hero is "''diogenes Laertiade, polymechan' Odysseu''" or "Son of Laertes, sprung from Zeus[[note]]For Odysseus that was not just flattery: his mother was a granddaughter of Hermes, son of Zeus.[[/note]], Odysseus of many devices" (translation by A. T. Murray).
* Done a lot in Literature/TheBible, sometimes with the variation of using the tribe name instead.

* A Renunciate of Darkover (aka a Free Amazon) takes an oath to become known only as the daughter of her mother. For example, Jaelle N'ha Melora, which translates to 'Jaelle, daughter of Melora'.
* In Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series, this form of introduction is common in the Mid-World. In ''Literature/WizardAndGlass'', Roland adresses the WickedWitch Rhea as "Rhea, daughter of none", as he doesn't know who her father was. In ''Literature/WolvesOfTheCalla'', Eddie, who [[DisappearedDad never met his father]], introduces himself as "Eddie Dean of New York, son of Wendell", while thinking: "At least that's what Ma always claimed."

* The mountain clansmen in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Gunthor son of Gurn of the Stone Crows, Timmett son of Timmett of the Burned Men, Chella daughter of Cheyk of the Black Ears... and, when he introduces himself, Tyrion son of Tywin of the Clan Lannister (actually a noble house). The Dothraki are also fond of this; Drogo son of Bharbo et cetera.
* The Outskirters, the Proud Warrior Race of the ''[[Literature/TheSteerswoman Steerswoman]]'' series, have three-part names of the form "X, Ysdotter (or Ysson), Z", where Y is one's mother and Z is one's great-great-...-great-grandmother, sixty-some generations back, at the inception of the culture. One is also expected to know all the intervening names, and to be able to trot out the full list from memory at appropriate ceremonial occasions. The character who gets the most page time is Bel, Margasdotter, Chanly.
* ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' has Sandrilene fa Toren, Sandry for short, goes with this in the first book: "My name is Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, daughter of Count Mattin fer Toren and his Countess Amiliane fa Landreg. I am great-niece to His Grace Vedris IV, Duke of Emelan, and cousin to Empress Berenene of Namorn..."

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** The Ogier give the names of their forbears two generations back when introducing themselves; male Ogier give the names of their father and grandfather, while female ones give the names of their mother and grandmother. While listing two forebears might seem cumbersome, the Ogiers' [[LongLived longevity]] means that an Ogier's grandparents are likely to be acquainted to any other Ogier he or she meets.
** The Two rivers has a convention of using "al" to mean "son of", as in Rand al'Thor. However, it is only used in that manner in a flashback; by the time of the books it has devolved to an artifact, as there's no indication that Rand has any near relatives named Thor, more's the pity. [[spoiler: [[ObliviousAdoption Not that they would have been his relatives, regardless.]]]] The name causes him some trouble in the second book, as the same prefix is apparently used to denote royalty in the [[GrimUpNorth Borderlands.]]

* In ''{{Literature/Animorphs}},'' on the [[ProudMerchantRace Ishkoort]] planet, the main characters hire a guide [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep named]] Guide, son of Skin-Seller, Brother of Memory Wholesaler.
** When Ax contacts his home planet he gives his full name as well as the names of both his parents to indicate who he is. Of course the most notable detail is that he's [[TheAce Elfangor]]'s brother. Somewhat interesting is that Ax and Elfangor each share a "middle name" with one of their respective parents, though it's not clear if that's an extra example of this trope.
* ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' has dinosaur names like this. The wise old triceratops, Brokehorn, for example is Brokehorn, son of Grayback the Wise.
* ''Literature/TheDeedOfPaksenarrion's'' title character uses the surname "Dorthansdotter", a contraction of "Dorthan's daughter". Her father is once addressed as Dorthan Kanasson.
* ''Literature/ArnTheKnightTemplar'' is set in medieval Scandinavia, so patronymics are all over the place. If further clarification is needed, the name of the family home is used, for example "Arn Magnusson of Arnäs", "Cecilia Algotsdotter of Ulvåsa". There is one significant example in Bengt Elinsson. After Svante Sniving, his abusive drunk of a father, killed his mother Elin in a drunken rage and was in turn killed by Elin's clansmen, Bengt chose to identify himself as his mother's son.
* Interesting variation in the ''Winds of the Forelands'' series with the [[MageSpecies Qirsi]] who introduce themselves as the child of their opposite-gender parent. For example, the main Qirsi character, Grinsa, has the full name Grinsa jal Arriet, or "Grinsa, whose mother is Arriet". His sister Keziah, on the other hand, uses their father's name- which comes in handy later in the series, since even though the BigBad has met both and knows both their names, he has no way of knowing that they're related.
* Near the end of ''Literature/TheWillBeDone'' Praen re-introduces himself as "Praen the Herald, son of Durex the Prophet". [[spoiler:Which is actually impressive, because, A: Durex has been dead for a millenia and a half; and B: He was that world's version of Moses, Mohammed or Jesus.]]
* In the ''{{Literature/Uplift}}'' series, this is applied to species' names. The full name for a species includes not only the species "ancestors" (the race who uplifted them), but includes their "descendants" (races they've uplifted). In formal settings, the entire chain of ancestor species and descendant species is listed and can end up quite long.
* ''Literature/JoshuaSonOfNone'' is a 1973 sci-fi/political thriller about Joshua Kellogg, a boy cloned from the remains of [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed who is clearly intended to be]] John F. Kennedy.
* In ''Literature/TheSeventhTower'', Chosen surnames are their parents' first names put together. For example, Tal's parents are named Graile and Rerem, thus he has the surname Graile-Rerem.
* ''Literature/ByTheWatersOfBabylon'': The protagonist declares himself "John, son of John".

* ''Film/TheThiefOfBagdad1940'' has Abu the thief, son of Abu the thief. (Which is sort of a Bilingual Bonus, as "Abu" ''means'' "father of". So he's saying that he's [[CaptainObvious the son of his father]].)

* In ''Film/TheThiefOfBaghdad1940'', Abu introduces himself as Abu the thief, son of [[AncestralName Abu the thief]], grandson of [[ExaggeratedTrope Abu the thief]].

-->Belial: "Who are you?"
-->Zero: "[[MyHeroZero Zero]], Ultraman Zero. The Son of [[Series/{{Ultraseven}} Seven]]!"

* In Creator/JRRTolkien's Middle-earth books, modern-style family names are only used in the Shire and Bree-land. Everyone else works with patronymics.

** "I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."