Editing Patronymic (section)

===Southeast Asia===
In [[Malaysia]], Singapore and [[Brunei]], ethnic [[Malays (ethnic group)|Malays]] generally follow the Arabic patronymic naming system of ''given name'' + bin/binti or son of/daughter of (often abbreviated SO/DO) + ''father's name''. Non-Muslim indigenous Sarawakians use the "anak" in place of bin/binti or SO/DO, "anak" being the Malay word for "child", while indigenous Sabahans may use "bin" or "binti". However, not all Malays use patronymics, in Thailand they have adopted surnames, while in Indonesia they do not usually have either. [[Tamil Malaysians]] have this naming system, but they use ''a/l'' (''anak lelaki'') and ''a/p'' (''anak perempuan'') instead, and in some cases, patronymics may be placed first and abbreviated like Indian counterparts.

[[Singaporean Indians]] use the abbreviations s/o (son of) or d/o (daughter of), while [[Malaysian Indians]] typically use the respective [[Bahasa Malaysia|Malay]] variations "anak lelaki" (abbreviated ''a/l'') or "anak perempuan" (abbreviated ''a/p''). In some cases, individuals may opt to omit the patronymic indicator and abbreviate the patronymic for ease of usage. For example, a former deputy minister of Malaysia Pathmanaban a/l Kunjamboo was more commonly referred to as [[K. Pathmanaban]] and veteran Singaporean politicians Shanmugam Kasiviswanathan and Suppiah Dhanabalan went by [[K. Shanmugam]] and [[S. Dhanabalan]] respectively. The individual may opt not to include "son of" or "daughter of" in their legal name, as in the case of Shanmugam and Dhanabalan.

In [[Brunei]], the ruling family of the monarch uses ''given name'' + ''ibni'' + ''father's name'' instead of using bin/binti.

In Indonesia, there are a number of ethnic groups with different naming systems. The [[Batak people|Batak]] of [[North Sumatra]] (Sumatra Utara) give every child the family's name. Sometimes the family's name is prefixed by Huta-, Batu-, etc., but most use Si-, such as Sitanggang, Sihombing, Sibutar-butar, Sinaga, or Sitohang. The family's name is given from the father's family. For example, if the father's name is Boggi Sinaga who married Moetia Siregar then all children will be given the family's name of Sinaga.

In Sunda, a similar cultural rule is used to that of the Batak. The family's name for [[Sunda language|Sunda]] is -Wijaya, but that is not true for all [[Sundanese people|Sundanese]] families.