Kurdish Naming Customs: Difference between revisions

*[https://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/kurdish '''Behind the Name: Kurdish Given Names''']

*Many Iraqi Kurds have adopted Arabic naming customs.

*Some Iraqi Kurds and Kurds in other countries, such as Turkey, have a '''geographical or tribal name''' as a last name or have adopted a '''grandfather’s or great grandfather’s personal name''' as a family name.

::Kurdish women do not traditionally take their husband’s family name on marriage, although some may do so in Western societies.

::Children typically adopt their father’s family name.  

*There are some traditional Kurdish names still in use.  

::a. male personal names: Diaco, Kochar, Redoir, Roj, Jochar, Sherko;