England Naming Customs: Difference between revisions

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*In working class families pre-1900, the '''use of a surname as a second given name''' almost always indicates illegitimacy. It was a convenient way to indicate the child’s parentage by giving the father’s surname as a middle name to a child who would bear its mother’s surname.  
*In working class families pre-1900, the '''use of a surname as a second given name''' almost always indicates illegitimacy. It was a convenient way to indicate the child’s parentage by giving the father’s surname as a middle name to a child who would bear its mother’s surname.  
===Nicknames===
===Nicknames===
*'''[[England_Male_Nicknames_(National_Institute)|Male Nicknames]]'''
*'''[[England_Male_Nicknames_- International Institute|Male Nicknames]]'''
*'''[[England_Female_Nicknames_(National_Institute)|Female Nicknames]]'''
*'''[[England_Female_Nicknames_- International Institute|Female Nicknames]]'''


===Naming Pattern===
===Naming Pattern===