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Common components of names given at birth can include: Personal name: The given name (or acquired name in some cultures) can precede a family name (as in most European cultures), or it can come after the family name (as in some East Asian cultures and Hungary), or be used without a family name.
Gutierre Tibón: "Origen, Vida y Milagros de su Apellido (1946)," "Diccionario Etimologico Comparado De Nombres Propios De Personas (1986)" Casa Editora de Genalogia Ibero Americana, A. B. (S. A.) Roberto Faure: Diccionario de Apellidos Españoles; Bizén d'O Río Martínez: Diccionario de Heráldica Aragonesa
This article lists a number of common generic forms in place names in the British Isles, their meanings and some examples of their use.The study of place names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British and Irish place names, refer to Toponymy in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Cassivellaunus (Cassivellaunus, king of the Catuvellauni. The original form is Cassiuellaunos; exists in Welsh as Caswallan); Hannō (Various Carthaginians typically known as "Hanno" (after this latinised form) in English and Punic: 𐤇𐤍𐤀 ḤNʾ in Punic)
Given name. Sav Rocca (Saverio Giovanni Rocca) (born 1973), Australian professional American football player in the USA; Saverio Bettinelli (1718–1808), Italian writer; Saverio Costanzo (born 1975), Italian film director
A unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common in the English-speaking world, especially in the United States.
Currently in Spain, people bear a single or composite given name (nombre in Spanish) and two surnames (apellidos in Spanish).. A composite given name is composed of two (or more) single names; for example, Juan Pablo is considered not to be a first and a second forename, but a single composite forename.
A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity (Africa; Jupiter; Sarah; Walmart) as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (continent, planet, person, corporation) and may be used when referring to instances of a specific class (a continent, another planet, these persons, our corporation).