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Some families (mainly in the US) have a custom of using the mother's maiden name as a middle name for one of the children—Franklin Delano Roosevelt received his middle name in this way or even as a first name. An example from Britain is Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Spessard Holland, a former governor of Florida and former senator, whose mother's ...
Matronymic. Not to be confused with Metonymy. For a family name inherited from one's mother (and maternal grandmother, etc.), see Matriname. A matronymic is a personal name or a parental name based on the given name of one's mother, grandmother, or any female ancestor. It is the female equivalent of a patronymic.
The naming customs of Hispanic America are similar to the Spanish naming customs practiced in Spain, with some modifications to the surname rules. Many Hispanophones in the countries of Spanish -speaking America have two given names, plus like in Spain, a paternal surname ( primer apellido or apellido paterno) and a maternal surname ( segundo ...
Spanish naming customs. Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple or composite [a]) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's ...
A middle name could be one's mother's maiden name or the last name of another recent ancestor (for instance a grandparent). In the example Carl Viggo Manthey Lange, the names Carl and Viggo are given names, while Manthey is a middle name and Lange is the family name. Manthey is his mother's maiden name.
He adopted his mother's maiden name as his stage name, and later became legally known by that name following his naturalization as a United States citizen in 1937. Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914) was an English critic, poet and lawyer, born Walter Theodore Watts. In 1897, he chose to add his mother's maiden name (Dunton) to his surname.
Currently, the middle name is usually, though not always, the mother's maiden name (followed by the last name which is the father's surname). This is the opposite of what is done in Spanish-speaking countries and is similar to the way surnames are done in Portugal and Brazil. The blending of American and Spanish naming customs results in the ...
Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:40 PM. Oprah's Real Name. Oprah Winfrey is a household name,but it turns out "Oprah" is not her real name. A little known fact about the 61-year-old media mogul -- her ...