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Seems like a cultural thing where the father's name is part of your own name in official documents. "a complete name usually consists of a given name; the give
by smoe 5y ago
Seems like a cultural thing where the father's name is part of your own name in official documents.
"a complete name usually consists of a given name; the given name of the individual's father, which is seldom included except in official documents; and a family name"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_name
- alchemism 5y agoThis is also true in Greece - it originates from either Balkan or Orthodox culture I figure.
- MobiusHorizons 5y agoIt’s called a patronymic, and is also part of the legal name in At least Ukraine and Russia . Interestingly in those countries the last name is something which only really shows up in official documents, instead the patronymic is used in much the same way as a last name is in English. For instance the Russian equivalent of John Doe is Ivan Ivanovich which just means Ivan son of Ivan.
- dinvlad 5y agoI've made a mistake of using my patronymic as my middle name in US docs. It's actually more like a second last name, as you noted.