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Hi everyone. In this lesson we will see how people say the names in different cultures.
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Name order[edit | edit source]
| convention | ethnic groups |
|---|---|
| given name + family name | African Americans, African Europeans, Albanians, Andorrans, Arabs, Armenians, Austrians, Azeris, Belarussians, Berbers, Bosnians, Catalans, Croats, Cypriots, Czech, Danes, Dutch, English, Estonians, European Africans, European Americans, European Oceanians, French, Georgians, Germans, Greeks, Greenlanders, Icelanders, Italians, Kazakhs, Latvians, Liechtensteiners, Lithuanians, Malays, Maltese, Mestiços, Mestizos, Moldavians, Monacans, Montenegrins, Norwegians, Persians, Poles, Portuguese, Russians, Scotts, Serbs, Slovenians, Slovakians, Spandiards, Swedes, Tagalogs, Tajikis, Turks, Tswana, Ukrainians, Uyghurs, Uzbeks, Vlaams |
| family name + given name | Han, Hui, Hungarians, Koreans, Khmer, Kinh, Manchus, Mongols, Mordvins, Telugu, Tibetans (nobels), Tujia, Yamato, Yi |
| given name and foreign given name + family name | Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans |
| given name | Burmese, Haqniq, Javanese, Sundanese, Tibetans (commoners) |
Naming convention[edit | edit source]
| convention | ethnic groups |
|---|---|
| toponymic: adopting the name of the birth place, residence, owned land, etc. | Dutch, Germans, Spaniards, Yamato |
| patronymic: adopting father's name | Amharas, Fulani, Hausa, Oromo |
| matronymic: adopting mother's name | Amis, Bunts, French, Khasi, Minangkabau, Nairs, Serbs, Ukrainians |
Change of maiden names[edit | edit source]
| situation | ethnic groups |
|---|---|
| surname changed at marriage | Dutch, English, European Africans, European Americans, European Oceanians, Mestiços, Portuguese, Russians, Yamato |
| surname changed or not changed at marriage, determined by her husband | Persians |
| surname changed or not changed at marriage, determined by herself | French, Germans, Turks |
| nothing changed at marriage | Austrians, Han, Italians, Kinh, Koreans, Greeks, Mestizos, Spaniards, Thai |
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