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Many names include the names of places, including mountains, rivers etc., e.g. Altai or Tuul. Mongolians do not use surnames in the way that most Westerners, Chinese or Japanese do. Since the socialist period, patronymics — at that time called ovog, [note 1] now known as etsgiin ner — are used instead of a surname.
This is a list of notable historical and living Mongolians (of Mongolia, a landlocked country in East Asia with about 3 million inhabitants as of 2015, [1] or the Mongolian diaspora) and of people of Mongolian descent, sorted by field and name:
There are no family names in Mongolia. In conversation, a person is addressed by the given name. Today, the full name consists of the father's name and the given name, in that sequence. The father's name is in genitive form, usually ending in -iin or -yn (e.g. Peljidiin Genden).
Pages in category "Mongolian given names" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Altan (name) B.
Pages in category "Mongolia-related lists" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The famous bogtag headdress worn by women seems to have been restricted to married women of very high rank. [1] Each ethnic group living in Mongolia has its own deel design distinguished by cut, color, and trimming. Before the revolution, all social strata in Mongolia had their own manner of dressing.
Name Years Capital Area Map State of Buryat-Mongolia: 1917–1921 Chita: Mongol-Buryat Autonomous Oblast: 1922–1923 Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Oblast: 1921–1923 Buryat-Mongol Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: 1923–1958 Ulan-Ude: Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic: 1958–1992 Republic of Buryatia: 1992–present 351,300 km 2
The Bayad (Mongol: Баяд/Bayad, lit. "the Riches") is the third largest subgroup of the Mongols in Mongolia and they are a tribe in Four Oirats. Bayads were a prominent clan within the Mongol Empire. Bayads can be found in both Mongolic and Turkic peoples. Within Mongols, the clan is spread through Khalkha, Inner Mongolians, Buryats and Oirats.