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  2. List of companies named after people - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of companies named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . All of these are named after founders, co-founders and partners of companies, unless otherwise stated.

  3. List of entrepreneurs - Wikipedia

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    An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative. [1] This list includes notable entrepreneurs. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

  4. Surname - Wikipedia

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    A child's first surname will usually be their father's first surname, while the child's second surname will usually be their mother's first surname. For example, if José García Torres and María Acosta Gómez had a child named Pablo, then his full name would be Pablo García Acosta.

  5. Naming in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Regardless of origins, many names that are now considered first names in the U.S. have origins as surnames. Names like Riley, Parker, Cooper, Madison, Morgan, Cameron, and Harper originated as surnames. Names that originate as surnames typically start out their lifespan as androgynous names before developing a common usage as either a masculine ...

  6. Personal name - Wikipedia

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    Thus, all the children of Ivan Volkov would be named "[first name] Ivanovich Volkov" if male, or "[first name] Ivanovna Volkova" if female (-ovich meaning "son of", -ovna meaning "daughter of", [9] and -a usually being appended to the surnames of girls). However, in formal Russian name order, the surname comes first, followed by the given name ...

  7. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    The patronymic custom in most of the Horn of Africa gives children the father's first name as their surname. The family then gives the child its first name. Middle names are unknown. So, for example, a person's name might be Bereket Mekonen . In this case, Bereket is the first name and Mekonen is the surname, and also the first name of the father.

  8. Category:English-language occupational surnames - Wikipedia

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    C. Canner (surname) Carder (surname) Carpender; Carpenter (surname) Carter (name) Cartwright (surname) Chalmers (surname) Chamberlain (surname) Chamberlayne (surname)

  9. Given name - Wikipedia

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    A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name [1] that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname.