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When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, adopted his mother's name of Mountbatten in 1947, along with a new nationality and religious affiliation, before his marriage to Elizabeth II. [248] Marguerite Piazza, American operatic soprano and philanthropist; born as Marguerite Claire Luft, she adopted her mother's maiden name as her professional name. [249]
The word matronymic is first attested in English in 1794 and originates in the Greek μήτηρ mētēr "mother" (GEN μητρός mētros whence the combining form μητρo- mētro-), [1] ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma "name", [2] and the suffix -ικός-ikos, which was originally used to form adjectives with the sense "pertaining to" (thus "pertaining to the mother ...
The Mangur clan of the, Culturally, Mokri tribal confederation and, politically, Bolbas Federation [70] is an enatic clan, meaning members of the clan can only inherit their mothers last name and are considered to be a part of the mothers family. The entire Mokri tribe may have also practiced this form of enaticy before the collapse of their ...
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules.Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish-speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname (primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname (segundo apellido or apellido materno).
The 45th U.S. president has been married more times than any of his predecessors, having sworn himself to holy matrimony before God to three women: Ivana Trump, Marla Maples and Melania Knauss ...
Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's first surname. Since 1999, the order of the surnames in a family in Spain is decided when registering the first child, but the traditional order is nearly universally chosen (99.53% of the time). [2] [b]
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed.