3 ms·
>Tell me which culture assigns names more than five years after birth! In the United States of America it is common for females to change their name at marriag
by JorgeGT 11y ago
>Tell me which culture assigns names more than five years after birth!
In the United States of America it is common for females to change their name at marriage, substituting their birth surname for that of their husband.
Also, in many tribal cultures the definitive name is not assigned until an adulthood rite of passage has been passed.
Adult names also change to reflect upgrades in social status such as the completion of a PhD, admittance into a society, acquisition of nobility titles, etc.
- david-given 11y agoThat's changing a name, not assigning a name. The list is implying that some people don't have names for at least five years after their birth. ...or maybe it's not; without expanding on the items in the list, it's kinda hard to tell.