Why do Hungarians have their first name last and their surname first?
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Why do the others have their given name first? :)\nI have a theory... Many family names come from the place where you live. In English, for example, you say Richard of York. In Hungarian because of the grammar you say Yorki Richard. This can be a reason.
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gypsies are either "Roma" or "Sinti". And Roma means "men"´. So ONE gypsy man is called "Rom".
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the reason for middle names orginated with the church. A child took on its father's last name identifying its family, the first name was given (not with any special meaning) but to belong to the church a saint or religious name was used. With so many people leaving or not attending church, the meaning of a middle became lost.
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in chinese, their their last name is their first and their first name is their last.. so yao ming (in english) = ming yao (in chinese)
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The language is SLOVENIAN !\n\n\nAnd it means... 'USER NAME'
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Raul Gonzalez Blanco. On his shirt should be the last name "Gonzalez", but in Spanish football is a kind of tradition to use first names for some popular players. So they are just known  as  "Juanito", "Xavi", "Raul", or "Joaquin". It is not that they don´t have enough space to writte them on their shirts. It´s the same as in Brazil (Ronaldinho, Kaká, Cafú, etc.)
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Many people's names include one or more middle names, placed between the first given name and the surname. In the West, a middle name is effectively a second given name and is frequently abbreviated by its possessor to its initial letter.\n\nDespite their relatively long existence in the Western world, the phrase "middle name" was not recorded until 1835 in "Harvardiana" a periodical of the time. Since 1905, "middle name" gained a figurative connotation meaning a notable or outstanding attribute of a person. This figurative use is especially popular in films (see "Quotes" in External links).\n\nThe use of multiple middle names has been somewhat impeded recently by the increased use of computer databases that allow for only a single middle name or more commonly a middle initial in storing personal records, effectively depriving persons with multiple middle names of the ability to be listed in such databases under their full name. Especially in the case of government records and other databases that are used for legal purposes, this phenomenon has sometimes been criticized as a form of discrimination against people who carry multiple middle names for cultural or religious reasons.\n\nIn United States, the middle name is rarely used on official documents. The middle initial is used instead on most identity documents, passports, driver licenses, social security cards, and university diplomas. Examples of this form include George W. Bush and John F. Kennedy.
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It's a culture. Why do French people name their kids Jacques and Francoise? Germans name their kids Hans and Ute? Spanish speakers Carlos and Pilar? Just respect and accept.
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I think it is a family name
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because women take their family name
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as a first or last name?
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what a stupid question. What constitutes a "strange name". Maybe the name "Smith" or "Jones" is hilarious in some languages
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If you want to know how Indians assign surnames there is no one answer. \n\n1. It is generally a caste name like Iyer - Tamil brahmin, Rao- Kannada / Telugu brahmin; Sharma - Typically norht Indian brahmin, Chettiar - a trader commuity from Tamilnadu, Nair - a warrior / farming caste of Kerala, Yadav - Yadav caste\n\n2. Passed down from generations: like Chaturvedi - some anscestor of the person mastered all the four vedas, but the surname is passed down\n\n3. Some trace their surnames to their Gothras or ancient sages who were their forefathers. Eg., Bharadwaj - bloodline of Sage Bharadwaj etc.\n\n4. Yet some other trace to their place of origin of theri forefathers or thier villages: Mangeshkar - a native of Mangesh village\n\n5. A more recent trend in South India is to do away with their traditional surnames and keep their father's / husband's name as surname or just as initials. This is in fact fuelled after the persecution of the forward castes like Iyers by the Dravidian political parties, that they want donot want to reveal their caste through surnames. this was followed by other communities also\nHence, if the name is Ramakrishnan Lakshmanan. Ramakrsihnan is the given name and LAkshmanan is the person's father's name.\n\nThe above is only a summary of the logic behind Indian surnames
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Both, because one could be BOTH Jewish AND German. Most last names thought to be Jewish are actually Eastern European, and forced on the Jews by Christians.
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It's a fine name. It's en English name that means Protect the Hill \nTends to be common in Jewish circles I think ;)\nEddie
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"and your last name?"
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It's surely not in Hungary anymore. After both world wars there where changes in the borders. Check Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Austria and Serbia & Montenegro. However, the name might be different than Gergely on the countries language. (By the way, Gergely means Gregor.) Good luck! :)