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*Because surnames were all assigned over a relatively short period of time and were taken from a single source, it is not uncommon to find that all the surnames from an area begin with the same letter of the alphabet or that '''all the people of a ''barangay'' have the same surname'''. A ''barangay'' was a basic unit of local administration used during Spanish occupation from 1565 to 1898. Today a ''barangay'' refers to communities of 1,000 inhabitants within a city or municipality that is administrated by a group of elected officals. A number of ''barangay'' could have made up a municipality. | *Because surnames were all assigned over a relatively short period of time and were taken from a single source, it is not uncommon to find that all the surnames from an area begin with the same letter of the alphabet or that '''all the people of a ''barangay'' have the same surname'''. A ''barangay'' was a basic unit of local administration used during Spanish occupation from 1565 to 1898. Today a ''barangay'' refers to communities of 1,000 inhabitants within a city or municipality that is administrated by a group of elected officals. A number of ''barangay'' could have made up a municipality. | ||
===Tagalog Naming Traditions=== | |||
*In ancient times, the Tagalogs had a naming system that changed via family dynamics. '''A Tagalog man (especially a chief) would lose his name, take his first born's name, and become known as "son's/daughter's father"; rather than his offspring adopting his surname like today'''. | |||
*If he was baptized into Christianity, he would take a Spanish "Christian name" but retain his native name as surname. For example, Calao's father became Don Luis Amanicalao (Lord Luis, a chief of Tondo, Calao's Father). | |||
*This also applied to mothers (e.g., Inanicao) etc. | |||
*One also gained numerous '''"poetic" titles''' from his renown/actions (e.g. valiance in battle) or other naming means (like a naming feast for those without offspring).<ref name="filipino">"Filipino name", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_name, accessed 1 March 2020.</ref> | |||
== Given Names == | == Given Names == | ||