Teknonymy

• Various Austronesian peoples:
• * The Cocos Malays of Cocos Islands, where parents are known by the name of their first-born child. For instance, a man named Hashim and his wife, Anisa, have a daughter named Sheila. Hashim is now known as "Pak Sheila" and Anisa is now known as "Mak Sheila".
• * Balinese people
• * The Betsileo people of Madagascar, in particular the Zafimaniry subgroup
• * the language of the Madurese people of Indonesia
• * the Mentawai people of Indonesia
• * Tao people of Taiwan
• the Korean language; for example, if a Korean woman has a child named Su-min, she might be called Su-min Eomma
• the Arab world; for example, if a Saudi man named Hasan has a child named Zayn, Hasan will now be known as Abu Zayn. Similarly, Umm Malik is "Mother of Malik". This is known as a kunya in Arabic and is used as a sign of respect for others.
• Amazonia
• the Zuni language
• Swahili, as spoken in Tanzania and Kenya; for example, if a woman has a son named Musa, the woman would be known as Mama Musa. Musa's father would be known as Baba Musa.
• to some extent, Habesha people in the Horn of Africa
• The Yoruba language of Western Africa; for example, if a woman has a son named Femi, will now be known as iya Femi and her husband baba Femi.
• Also the Hausa language of Africa; for example, if a man has a son named Adam, the man will be known as Baban Adam, while his wife would be called Maman Adam.