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===Patronymics=== | ===Patronymics=== | ||
*Typically, a Bulgarian person '''inherits the last name of his father's family (family name), as well as a patronymic based on his father's given name''', with a gender-agreeing suffix usually added. For example, Stoyan Georgiev Draganov would be the son of Georgi Petkov Draganov. The same person's daughter would bear the names Georgieva Draganova. *Another way of preserving the family name and the name of a specific ancestor would be the following circulating of the names: if the father's name is Ivan Petrov Mihailov, the son is named Petar Ivanov Mihailov. Then if Petar has a son, his name will be Ivan Petrov Mihailov, and so on. | *Typically, a Bulgarian person '''inherits the last name of his father's family (family name), as well as a patronymic based on his father's given name''', with a gender-agreeing suffix usually added. For example, Stoyan Georgiev Draganov would be the son of Georgi Petkov Draganov. The same person's daughter would bear the names Georgieva Draganova. *Another way of preserving the family name and the name of a specific ancestor would be the following circulating of the names: if the father's name is Ivan Petrov Mihailov, the son is named Petar Ivanov Mihailov. Then if Petar has a son, his name will be Ivan Petrov Mihailov, and so on. | ||
*'''Until recently, if the father's name was not a specific family name, the child would take his patronymic as a family name''', so names in a chain of generations would shift. For example, the son of Petar Stoyanov Ivanov would be Georgi Petrov Stoyanov, his son would be Ivaylo Georgiev Petrov, his son would be Marin Ivaylov Georgiev. This practice often caused confusion in the past, especially when dealing for foreign institutions, since a child did not bear his father's family name. However, the recent generation has all but abandoned this practice. | *'''Until recently, if the father's name was not a specific family name, the child would take his patronymic as a family name''', so names in a chain of generations would shift. For example, the son of Petar Stoyanov Ivanov would be Georgi Petrov Stoyanov, his son would be Ivaylo Georgiev Petrov, his son would be Marin Ivaylov Georgiev. This practice often caused confusion in the past, especially when dealing for foreign institutions, since a child did not bear his father's family name. However, the recent generation has all but abandoned this practice.<ref>"Bulgarian name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_name, accessed 2 March 2021.</ref> | ||
===Women's Names=== | ===Women's Names=== | ||