Hungary Naming Customs: Difference between revisions
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*surname (or a family name) is used first, followed by the first or given name | *surname (or a family name) is used first, followed by the first or given name | ||
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KOVÁCS Mária Mary Smith | |- | ||
| NAGY János | |||
| John Nagy | |||
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| Mary Smith | |||
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This rule is also followed in Hungarian parish registers. | This rule is also followed in Hungarian parish registers. | ||
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*titles of nobility are put before the surnames | *titles of nobility are put before the surnames | ||
gróf NAGY János | gróf NAGY János Count John Nagy<br> | ||
*the equivalent of Mrs. is the particle né (wife) which is added to a husband=s name. | *the equivalent of Mrs. is the particle né (wife) which is added to a husband=s name. | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 29 July 2008
Naming Customs[edit | edit source]
- surname (or a family name) is used first, followed by the first or given name
| NAGY János | John Nagy |
| KOVÁCS Mária | Mary Smith |
This rule is also followed in Hungarian parish registers.
- there is usually just one given name
- surnames are generally a single names
- patronymics were usually not used
- surnames were usually derived from common sources such as trades, qualities, ethnic origins, place names etc.
| SZABÓ Ferenc | Frank Taylor |
| MOLNÁR Lajos | Louis Miller |
| KIS Mihály | Michael Little |
| FEHÉR Erzsébet | Elizabeth White |
| TÖRÖK Katalin | Catherine Turk |
- titles of nobility are put before the surnames
gróf NAGY János Count John Nagy
- the equivalent of Mrs. is the particle né (wife) which is added to a husband=s name.
NAGY Jánosné Mrs. John Nagy
- Names of Hungarian married women take on special forms.
- Klausenberger Ignáczné Bival Rosália means that Rosália Bival married a man named Ignácz Klausenberger.
- The -né means wife of.