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==Surnames== | ==Surnames== | ||
===Name Order=== | ===Name Order=== | ||
In Hungarian, the surname (or a family name) is | In Hungarian, the surname (or a family name) is placed in front of the given name. For example: | ||
{| align="center" width="647" class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders" | {| align="center" width="647" class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders" | ||
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*patronymic names were usually not used as a fixed surname | *patronymic names were usually not used as a fixed surname | ||
*this rule is also followed in Hungarian parish registers | *this rule is also followed in Hungarian parish registers | ||
===Surname Origins=== | ===Surname Origins=== | ||
'''Surnames were usually derived from common sources such as trades, characteristics, ethnic origins, place names etc.:''' | '''Surnames were usually derived from common sources such as trades, characteristics, ethnic origins, place names etc.:''' | ||
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| Catherine Turk | | Catherine Turk | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Nobility=== | ===Nobility=== | ||
A title of nobility is placed before the surname: | |||
{| align="center" width="347" class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders" | {| align="center" width="347" class="plain FCK__ShowTableBorders" | ||
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| Count John Nagy | | Count John Nagy | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Married Women === | === Married Women === | ||
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:* Simon Vilmosfÿ, meaning Simon, son of Vilmos | :* Simon Vilmosfÿ, meaning Simon, son of Vilmos | ||
The father's name with suffix attached may be used as a | The father's name with suffix attached may be used as a byname. | ||
==== Suffix ''-né'' ==== | ==== Suffix ''-né'' ==== | ||
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===Name Days=== | ===Name Days=== | ||
Hungarians also celebrate name days [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_days_in_Hungary (each day in the calendar has one or more designated names.)]<ref>"Hungarian names", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_names, accessed 28 February 2021.</ref> | Hungarians also celebrate name days [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_days_in_Hungary (each day in the calendar has one or more designated names.)]<ref>"Hungarian names", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_names, accessed 28 February 2021.</ref> | ||
==Bynames and Patronymics== | |||
As rule, in Hungary bynames including patronymic bynames did not enter use as surnames. | |||
*Hungarians use a "byname" to help '''distinguish people with the same given names'''. | |||
*The byname might be created from the '''father's given name (as a patronymic name) by attaching a suffix.''' | |||
*Other bynames might be created from '''an occupation or even a physical description.''' | |||
*The byname might be used within the village or town, but were '''not fixed surnames'''. | |||
*Further, a person might be known by '''one byname in a town, and be called by a different byname when traveling''' (referring to where they are from.) | |||
*Bynames were '''not hereditary'''. | |||
== For Further Reading == | == For Further Reading == | ||