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This is not correct for Romania: officially it’s Surname + Given-name, live in Hungary.

Not true for Greece, it’s just First-name + Surname. It just happens that some Surnames are derived from the father’s name (think “Anderson”).

  • pwnicholson
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    394 months ago

    Hopefully this isn’t too pedantic, but it shouldn’t say “first name” on any of these. It should say “given name” or “personal name”.

    The entire point of the map is that it isn’t the first name for some cultures.

    • @ServaisOP
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      104 months ago

      Good observation

  • @morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    it’s funny Portugal and Spain are same-y but the other way around!

    And I didn’t know it was a thing in Greece to use the patronymic too

    • skeletorfw
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      114 months ago

      Very very long. I was entering a friend from Madeira into my phone a few weeks ago, and theirs was technically 7 names long.

      Add to that the “so, which is your surname?” and getting 4 possible answers, all of which are in fact surnames.

      There is also my friend who is half Spanish, half Portuguese. All his names shuffle around all the time depending on who he’s speaking to.

      • @KarmaPolice@lemmy.world
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        84 months ago

        This is kinda weird… Yeah, they can get big. Most usual is to have 4 names (2 first names + mother + father)

        Anyway, it’s kinda weird because I wouldn’t give anyone more than first and last name… And that’s what most people do, (unless we’re in the rare situation where two people share the same first + last name). Why was your friend making you write his full name?

        • skeletorfw
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          34 months ago

          It was mostly to accentuate the stupidity of the whole situation, rather than directly being a bastard :)

      • Calavera
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        24 months ago

        When someone asks for my surname, sometimes I give my mother’s surname, sometimes my father’s surname and sometimes both, depending on my mood

  • pelya
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    84 months ago

    The map is incorrect for Ukraine. It’s either first name + surname, or surname + first name + father’s name for the documents.

    • @Aux@lemmy.world
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      14 months ago

      Documents always start with a surname in most countries. But traditional name order in Ukraine is as pictured, because it comes from orthodox Christians church. Same as in Greece, for example. Most people today don’t use father names anymore though.

      The map shows a split between the Catholic and orthodox church with a few countries being an exception from the rule.

  • InternationalBastard
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    74 months ago

    In Spain of course your parents have 2 surnames too. So your first surname is your father’s first surname, his 2nd surname is dropped ( first surname of his mother ) Your second surname is the first surname of your mother, her 2nd gets dropped too.

    In the end always the name line of the females get dropped.

    • @Hagdos@lemmy.world
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      14 months ago

      That’s so shitty. In the Netherlands they’ve just started to allow 2 surnames. One of the best proposals I’ve heard is that you would take your father’s father’s name, and your mother’s mother’s name. That way men continue the male name line, and women continue the female name line.

      • @ServaisOP
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        14 months ago

        But then siblings don’t share the same last name, which might maybe cause administrative issues down the line?

        • @Hagdos@lemmy.world
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          24 months ago

          They do! Siblings both carry their father’s father’s name and their mother’s mother’s name.

          Kids of siblings will not have the same family name if the siblings have different gender, but that shouldn’t be an issue

          • @ServaisOP
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            24 months ago

            Interesting! But then how do you deal with the next generation?

            • Boy Adam-Bernard marries Girl Copper-Dale
            • What are their children’s last names?
            • @Hagdos@lemmy.world
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              14 months ago

              See my comment above:

              One of the best proposals I’ve heard is that you would take your father’s father’s name, and your mother’s mother’s name.

              • @ServaisOP
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                14 months ago

                Oh sorry, it makes sense indeed!

    • @iluap@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Historically, yes; however, they passed a law some years ago to allow for the mother’s surname to be the first surname, as it happens in Portugal. Nonetheless I am not sure how popular this is.

  • @anguo@lemmy.ca
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    44 months ago

    Not true for Greece, it’s just First-name + Surname. It just happens that some Surnames are derived from the father’s name (think “Anderson”).

    • @ServaisOP
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      14 months ago

      Not true for Greece, it’s just First-name + Surname. It just happens that some Surnames are derived from the father’s name (think “Anderson”).

      Thanks, I’ll add this to the main post

  • calm.like.a.bomb
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    4 months ago

    This is not correct for Romania: officially it’s Surname + Given-name, like in Hungary.

    • @ServaisOP
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      14 months ago

      Thank you for pointing this out!

  • Calavera
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    14 months ago

    What happens on blue countries when mother and father don’t have the same surname? For example when they are not married or the mother didn’t bother to change her surname