names and surnames
11surnames — In Britain and the US surnames, also called last names or family names, pass from fathers to their children. Traditionally, women change their surname when they marry, replacing their maiden name, the surname they had from birth, with the surname …
12Names of the Celts — The various names used since classical times for the people known today as the Celts are of disparate origins. The name Κελτοί Keltoi and Celtae is used in Greek and Latin, respectively, as the name of a people of the La Tène horizon in the… …
13Names of the Serbs and Serbia — For other uses, see Serbian names. Part of a series of articles on Serbs …
14names — Socially, legally, and emotionally, name , identity , and status are closely linked. The Christian naming ceremony (christening or *baptism), has both a religious and an identifying social function: the baby is admitted into the Church, but it …
15and — A conjunction which, taken by itself, calls for the things or matters conjoined to be considered jointly. 50 Am J1st Stat § 281. A word ordinarily to be interpreted in the copulative, rather than the disjunctive, sense, but which will be… …
16Married and maiden names — Née redirects here. For other uses, see Née (disambiguation). A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name. The term maiden name is …
17Cornish surnames — are surnames used by Cornish people and often derived from the Cornish language. Such surnames for the common people emerged in the Middle Ages, although the nobility probably had surnames much earlier on. Not until the later Middle Ages did it… …
18Malaysian names — Personal names in Malaysia are extremely useful in tracing a person s cultural and ethnic background as Malaysia comprises many ethnicities and cultures in which, each has its own distinct system of names. Personal names are to a certain degree,… …
19List of common Chinese surnames — This is a list of the top 100 most common Chinese surnames according to a study published in 2006.[1] Their ranks in 1990[2] are shown by the side. Mandarin, Cantonese, Minnan and Gan transliterations are displayed. Other transliterations, used… …
20Hungarian names — use the eastern name order , or family name followed by given name. Hungary is the only European country to do so. So the terms first name and last name are potentially confusing and should be avoided, as they do not in this case denote the given …
