Hungary Naming Customs: Difference between revisions

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=== Naming Customs ===
=== Naming Customs ===


Surname (or a family name) is used first, followed by the given name
Surname (or a family name) is used first, followed by the given name:


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*his rule is also followed in Hungarian parish registers
*his rule is also followed in Hungarian parish registers


Surnames were usually derived from common sources such as trades, qualities, ethnic origins, place names etc.
Surnames were usually derived from common sources such as trades, qualities, ethnic origins, place names etc.:


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Titles of nobility are put before the surnames
Titles of nobility are put before the surnames:


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The equivalent of Mrs. is the particle né (wife) which is added to a husband's name.
Names of Hungarian married women take on special forms:


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*names of Hungarian married women take on special forms.
*the equivalent of Mrs. is the particle né (wife) which is added to a husband's name
*Klausenberger Ignáczné Bival Rosália means that Rosália Bival married a man named Ignácz Klausenberger.
*the -né means wife of
*the -né means wife of.
*Klausenberger Ignáczné Bival Rosália means that Rosália Bival married a man named Ignácz Klausenberger


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