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  2. Patronymic - Wikipedia

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    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 is -Wijaya, but that is not true for all Sundanese families.

  3. Surname - Wikipedia

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    Issues of family name arise especially on the passing of a name to a newborn child, the adoption of a common family name on marriage, the renunciation of a family name, and the changing of a family name. [citation needed] Surname laws vary around the world. Traditionally in many European countries for the past few hundred years, it was the ...

  4. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -aj (pronounced AY; meaning “of the" ) It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj (from the village Lashaj of Kastrat, MM, Shkodër). It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an [i] in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve ...

  5. Patronymic surname - Wikipedia

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    A patronymic surname is a surname originated from the given name of the father or a patrilineal ancestor. Different cultures have different ways of producing patronymic surnames. In the Old Testament of the Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only) name.

  6. Given name - Wikipedia

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    The order given namefather's family name – mother's family name is commonly used in several Spanish-speaking countries to acknowledge the families of both parents. The order given name – mother's family namefather's family name is commonly used in Portuguese-speaking countries to acknowledge the families of both parents. Today ...

  7. Scandinavian family name etymology - Wikipedia

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    The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in -sen; for example Rasmussen, originally meaning "son of Rasmus" (Rasmus' son).Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son".

  8. Personal name - Wikipedia

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    However, the legal full name of a person usually contains the first three names (given name, father's name, father's father's name) and the family name at the end, to limit the name in government-issued ID. Men's names and women's names are constructed using the same convention, and a person's name is not altered if they are married. [4]

  9. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the suffixes is similar to the English word "of", expressing membership in/belonging to a family. For example, the family name Ivanova means a person belonging to the Ivanovi family. A father's name Petrov means son of Peter.