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==Online Tools== | ==Online Tools== | ||
*[https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/tongan/ '''125 Tongan Baby Names With Meanings'''] | *[https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/tongan/ '''125 Tongan Baby Names With Meanings'''] | ||
*[https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/tongan/boy/ '''61 Tongan Baby Boy Names With Meanings'''] | |||
*[https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/tongan/girl/ '''64 Tongan Baby Girl Names With Meanings'''] | |||
*[https://forebears.io/tonga/surnames '''Most Common Last Names in Tongan'''] | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/surname Surname experience] at FamilySearch - search by surname to learn its meaning and origin | |||
==Surnames== | ==Surnames== | ||
*Tongan names are written with the '''first name followed by the surname'''. For example, Anitelu TAUMALOLO. | *Tongan names are written with the '''first name followed by the surname'''. For example, Anitelu TAUMALOLO. | ||
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*Certain names are only allowed to be given to members of the '''royal family'''. | *Certain names are only allowed to be given to members of the '''royal family'''. | ||
*Once a Tongan obtains a hereditary title, they will be referred to by that title and no longer by their given name. Such titles are usually for life, but the holder can be stripped of it if they commit a serious crime. In this case, they will return to their original name.<ref name="CA">"Tongan Culture", at Cultural Atlas, https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/tongan-culture/tongan-culture-naming, accessed 14 March 2021.</ref> | *Once a Tongan obtains a hereditary title, they will be referred to by that title and no longer by their given name. Such titles are usually for life, but the holder can be stripped of it if they commit a serious crime. In this case, they will return to their original name.<ref name="CA">"Tongan Culture", at Cultural Atlas, https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/tongan-culture/tongan-culture-naming, accessed 14 March 2021.</ref> | ||
*If someone did something, proving themself in a certain way, they may '''change their name accordingly'''. The further back in time, the more likely that a person has changed his or her name. Study the context of the person’s life, including parents, and other family members when dealing with name changes. On some government and church records, the person’s several names may be given. | |||
*Surnames were unknown in Tonga prior to the setting up of mission schools in Tonga and were not widely used until the expansion of secondary education in the late 1940s. Nowadays most Tongans have a Tonganized papalangi name (e.g. Melenaite = Mary Knight; 'Ilaisaane = Eliza Ann; Sione = John; Tevita = David) plus a Tongan personal name (e.g. Manu, Finau, Ofa) and a surname. <ref>"Tonga customs and research ideas", in the FamilySesrch Research Wiki, https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Tonga_customs_and_research_ideas, accessed 14 March 2021.</ref> | |||
==Given Names== | ==Given Names== | ||
*The origins of given names vary. For example, the name may have a '''Biblical reference or refer to objects (such as flowers), an event, ancestors, friends or famous people'''.<ref name="CA"/> | *The origins of given names vary. For example, the name may have a '''Biblical reference or refer to objects (such as flowers), an event, ancestors, friends or famous people'''.<ref name="CA"/> | ||
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[[Category:Tonga]][[Category:Naming Customs]] | |||
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