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  2. Elfster - Wikipedia

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    Elfster helps with the logistics [10] of determining who wants to participate, drawing names, [11] and communicating the names that were drawn, while identities remain secret [12] In December 2009, Elfster collaborated with Claire's to create Secret Santa Circle, [13] a temporary Secret Santa website for the jewelry retailer. [14]

  3. Template:Patronymic names - Wikipedia

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    The person adapts the given name of their respective parent, and sometimes also their respective grandparent afterwards. It is possible not all names in the article follow this convention. In any case, it is recommended that a comment be placed intermediately after this template, listing all names with this attribute. For example:

  4. Post-nominal letters - Wikipedia

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    Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters, or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, an academic degree, accreditation, an office, a military decoration, or honour, or is a member of a religious institute or fraternity.

  5. Naming ceremony - Wikipedia

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    In Maharashtra, traditionally, women changed their birth-name upon marriage. The new name was selected by the husband to complement his own name. For example, a groom named Vishnu would change his bride's name to Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, Ramachandra would change his bride's name to Sita, and so on. Usually the husband writes the new name ...

  6. List of feminists - Wikipedia

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    Orator, organizer of the first National Women's Rights Convention, founder of the Woman's Journal, and first recorded American woman to retain her surname after marriage [25] 1800–1874: Emily Howard Stowe: Canada: 1831: 1903: Physician, advocate for women's inclusion in the medical professional community, founder of the Canadian Women's ...

  7. List of eponymous adjectives in English - Wikipedia

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    An eponymous adjective is an adjective which has been derived from the name of a person, real or fictional. Persons from whose name the adjectives have been derived are called eponyms. [1] Following is a list of eponymous adjectives in English.

  8. Name blending - Wikipedia

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    Name blending confers the same surname upon both spouses. This allows the family to conform to the expectation that the family (and any children) will all share the same name, and avoid confusion that can arise when spouses retain differing surnames. [4] [1] Name blending avoids the patriarchal practice of having the wife take the husband's name.

  9. Suffix (name) - Wikipedia

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    A name suffix in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's surname (last name) and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honor (e.g. " PhD ", " CCNA ", " OBE ").