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=== | ===Bynames and Patronymics=== | ||
Hungarians use a "byname" to help distinguish people with the same given names. The byname might be created from the | *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).''' | |||
The first major class of bynames were patronymics that were created using the father's given name. It might be created by adding -fi to a father's meaning "his son" but may appear in records as -fi, -fia, -fy, or fÿ. For example: | *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'''. | |||
*'''The first major class of bynames were patronymics that were created using the father's given name'''. It might be created by adding '''"-fi"''' to a father's meaning "his son" but may appear in records '''as "-fi, -fia, -fy, or fÿ"'''. For example: | |||
* Fodor Jákobfi (Theodore, son of Jacob) | * Fodor Jákobfi (Theodore, son of Jacob) | ||
* Domokos Bertoldfia (Domokos, son of Bertold) | * Domokos Bertoldfia (Domokos, son of Bertold) | ||