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	Double Given Names	Locative	Patronymic	Other relationship	Descriptive/ Occupational	Dictus	Double Bynames	Order
Old English	No	Phrase (æt X or of X)	Marked, unmarked		Rare	Yes; using Cognomento		given+byname
Middle/Early Modern English	Late	All forms: Phrase (de X, of X, atte Y, de la/del Y, etc.); unmarked, adjectival, inn sign (atte Z, of the Z)	Marked, genitive alone, unmarked	Matronymic, many others, marked and unmarked	Yes, may use article the/le or omit it.	Yes; marked	Yes; all patterns late (these are generally unmarked)	given+byname given+byname+loc given+pat+descr given+byname+byname
Anglicized Irish	No		Marked, multi-generation	Clan names	Rare		Yes	given+byname given+pat+pat given+pat+clan
Welsh	Late	Phrase, unmarked	Marked, unmarked, multiple		Yes		Yes	given+byname given+pat+pat
Scots		Phrase (as in English), unmarked	Marked (with Mac or as in English), unmarked	As in English only	Yes		Yes	given+pat+loc given+pat+pat given+pat+descr

Notes:

Old English: Patronymics take form of X sunu/sune or Xdohtor (X is father's name in genitive); they must match the given name's gender. Alternately, they may follow the Latinized patterns. Locatives use æt or of followed by the placename in dative form. See the introduction to Reaney and Wilson A Dictionary of English Surnames for more details.

Middle/Early Modern English: Marked patronymics may use Fitz X or Xson; women may use these or use Xdaughter. These forms may all use the father's name unmodified; Xson and Xdaughter may also use the possessive form. Alternately, they may follow the Latinized patterns. Late period family names tend to drop articles and prepositions. See the introduction to Reaney and Wilson A Dictionary of English Surnames for more details. Surnames from the second half of the 16th C and early 17th C may be used as given names; they are treated as any other 16th C given name [Alton of Grimfells, 04/2010, A-East].

Anglicized Irish: See Mari ingen Briain meic Donnchada, "Names Found in Anglicized Irish Documents"(http://medievalscotland.org/kmo/AnglicizedIrish/) for details of how patronymic bynames are marked.