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Another Philippine naming custom is the Spanish practice of '''assigning a mother’s maiden name as her child’s middle name'''. Hence, the mother of a child named Bernardo Juarez de la Cruz may very well have the maiden name of Juarez. There are exceptions to this rule, but this custom may be very helpful as you trace family relationships. | Another Philippine naming custom is the Spanish practice of '''assigning a mother’s maiden name as her child’s middle name'''. Hence, the mother of a child named Bernardo Juarez de la Cruz may very well have the maiden name of Juarez. There are exceptions to this rule, but this custom may be very helpful as you trace family relationships. | ||
===Abbreviations, combinations, and elisions=== | |||
*'''Long given names can be shortened in various ways'''. Emmanuel can become Eman, Manuel, Manolo, Manny, or Manoy; and Consolación would be shortened to Connie, Cons, Sol, or Chona. | |||
*Filipino women with two given names such as María Cristina or María Victoria may choose to '''abbreviate the very common María (in honor of the Virgin Mary) as "Ma."''' (with a full stop), thus rendering these given names as Ma. Cristina or Ma. Victoria. | |||
*Filipino males with two given names such as José Mariano or José Gerardo could follow the same practice of '''abbreviating José as "Jo."''', though this is not as consistent. | |||
*Another common practice seen in other cultures (most commonly with Spanish conventions) is to elide or '''combine multiple given names into one nickname'''. The aforementioned María Cristina and María Victoria may thus acquire the nicknames Maricris and Marivic. Thus the Filipino names Maricel, Maritoni, Marijo, Maritess, and Maricon come from Maria Celia (or Celeste), Marie Antoinette, María Josefa (or Josefina), María Teresa, and María Concepción (or Consolación) respectively. | |||
*A related custom is that '''parents combine their given names to create a name for their child'''. For example: | |||
::Joseph + Maria = Jomari | |||
::Maria + Carlos = Malolos | |||
::Elvin + Liza = Elliza | |||
:::Marino + Erlinda = Marinerl | |||
*Some first names like Lodegrano or Lorimer may have been '''invented on the spot by the parents, or derived from some partially remembered foreign term'''. | |||
*Other coined first names have unusual spellings or spellings which are pronounced differently. | |||
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[[Category:Philippines]] | [[Category:Philippines]] | ||
[[Category:Names Surname]] | [[Category:Names Surname]] | ||