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==Middle Names== | ==Middle Names== | ||
Greeks do not have middle names. What | Greeks do not have middle names. What appears between the given name and the surname is not a middle name; it is the given name of the person’s father. Grammatically this is the possessive form of the father's name, similar to the -'s used in English. | ||
appears between the given name and the | :Example: | ||
surname is not a middle name; it is the given | ::Georgios, the son of Nikolaos Kanakis is: Georgios Nikolaou Kanakis. | ||
name of the person’s father. Grammatically | ::Ioanna, the daughter of Nikolaos Kanakis is: Ioanna Nikolaou Kanaki.<br> | ||
this is the possessive form of the father's | |||
name, similar to the -'s used in English. | |||
Example: | |||
is: Georgios Nikolaou Kanakis. | |||
is: Ioanna Nikolaou Kanaki. | |||
The order in which the names are written is | For a married woman the name between her given name and her new surname is the given name of her husband. Today some women in Greece maintain their maiden name after marriage. Upon divorce she receives back her father’s given name and last name. This is mandatory without any exceptions. | ||
not always the same. The surname may be | |||
written first or last, and the father’s (or the | The order in which the names are written is not always the same. The surname may be written first or last, and the father’s (or the husband’s) given name may be in the middle or at the end. A child may be given two “given names.” In some records the one given name will be written first, and in another record the other given name will be written first. | ||
husband’s) given name may be in the middle | :Example: | ||
or at the end. | ::The baptism record may state: | ||
A child may be given two “given names.” In | |||
some records the one given name will be | |||
written first, and in another record the other | |||
given name will be written first. | |||
Example: | |||
The baptism record may state: | |||
Νικόλαoς Ανδρέας Γεωργίoυ Κανάκης | Νικόλαoς Ανδρέας Γεωργίoυ Κανάκης | ||
Nikolaos Andreas Georgiou Kanakis | Nikolaos Andreas Georgiou Kanakis | ||