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Pages in category "Surnames from nicknames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 548 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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:
This is a list of nickname-related list articles on Wikipedia. A nickname is "a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name." [ 1 ] A nickname is often considered desirable, symbolising a form of acceptance, but can sometimes be a form of ridicule.
Category:Nicknames automatically includes all articles that have this template. Any nickname language categories should immediately follow {{Nickname}} at the bottom of nickname pages, after they have been verified from reliable sources. A maintenance category includes any template instances with too many or obsolete parameters. (This should be ...
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If a family takes its name from a village named Bickerton, or a wheelwright's son is known as John Wheelwright, the –ton or –wright does not thereby become a family name suffix. Similarly the –a of so many Romance feminine nouns, or the –us of so many Latin masculine nouns, does not become a family name suffix just because some of those ...