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A single name is recognized as a full personal name, [1] and the addition of further components–such as additional given names, regional, or ethnic family/clan names or patronymics or matronymics–is a matter of parents' choice when registering the child's name. Even then, family names or patronymics are just considered part of the full ...
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Indonesia is the common and official name to refer to the Republic of Indonesia or Indonesian archipelago; however, other names, such as Nusantara and East Indies are also known. Some names are considered obsolete and confined to certain periods of history, while some might be more geographically specific or general.
After Suharto came to power, his regime created many anti-Chinese legislations in Indonesia. One of them was 127/U/Kep/12/1966 which strongly encouraged ethnic Chinese living in Indonesia to adopt Indonesian-sounding names instead of the standard three-word or two-word Chinese names.
Muhammad Natsir, 5th Prime Minister of Indonesia (1950-1951) Ali Sastroamidjojo, 8th Prime Minister of Indonesia (1953-1955 & 1956-1957) Sutan Sjahrir, 1st Prime Minister of Indonesia (1945-1947) Amir Sjarifuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Indonesia (1947-1948) Wilopo, 7th Prime Minister of Indonesia (1952-1953)
A Balinese name is part of a system of identification used by the Balinese people and in the western parts of the neighboring island of Lombok, Indonesia. A Balinese name will have three parts: a title, a birth order name and a personal name. [1] Balinese people do not use a family name.
Arnold Isaac Zacharias Mononutu, Indonesian information minister, first ambassador of Indonesia to China, rector of Hasanuddin University; Lambertus Nicodemus Palar, Indonesian national hero, first Indonesian representative to the United Nations
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...