Switzerland Naming Customs: Difference between revisions

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===Common Name Endings===
===Common Name Endings===
With family names originating locally, many names display particular characteristics of the local dialects, such as the south German, Austrian and Swiss diminutive endings -l -el, -erl, -le or -li as in Kleibl, Schäuble or Nägeli (from 'Nagel', nail).<ref>"German names', in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_name, accessed 17 February 2021.</ref>
With family names originating locally, many names display particular characteristics of the local dialects, such as the south German, Austrian and Swiss diminutive endings -l -el, -erl, -le or -li as in Kleibl, Schäuble or Nägeli (from 'Nagel', nail).<ref>"German names', in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_name, accessed 17 February 2021.</ref>
===Surname "Changes" of Immigrants in the United States===
===Surname Changes of Immigrants in the United States===
'''As Immigrants moved into English-speaking countries, their surnames were impacted in a variety of ways.'''
'''As Immigrants moved into English-speaking countries, their surnames were impacted in a variety of ways.'''
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