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This is a list of notable people whose full legal name is (or was) a mononym, either by name change or by being born mononymic (e.g. Burmese, Indonesian, or Japanese royalty). Titles (e.g. Burmese honorifics) do not count against inclusion, because they are not part of the name itself.
In some societies, individuals have been mononymous, receiving only a single name. Alulim, first king of Sumer, is one of the earliest names known; Narmer, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, is another. In addition, Biblical names like Adam, Eve, Moses, or Abraham, were typically mononymous, as were names in the surrounding cultures of the Fertile ...
This is a list of notable people whose names or pseudonyms are customarily written with one or more lower case initial letters. This list includes names starting with "ff", which is a stylised version of an upper-case F, and one name with "de" followed by an upper case letter, which is standard practice for tussenvoegsels. There are large ...
According to Pamela Redmond, co-founder of the website Nameberry, unique boy names are nearly one-of-a-kind, which means the chances of your child sharing a name with three other classmates are ...
Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned societies in ascending order.
"A name that gives thanks sends a dual message to a child: it’s a reminder to be grateful and appreciate the good in life, and that the child herself is a blessing to his or her family."
Pronounced sit-lah-lee, this fun-to-say girl’s name meaning ‘star’ is of Aztec origin. 93. Galatea. A moon of Neptune and a feminine name of Greek origin meaning ‘one who is milk-white.’ 94.
It is used especially in situations where one wants to emphasise that the person one is talking about is not anyone in particular or that the identity of that person cannot be given. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] When talking about another such person in a single utterance, one can use the surname Igrekowski, [ 52 ] which is derived from the letter Y ...