Posted on 03/15/2005 8:03:55 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
Brazilian men take on wives' surnames
Brazilian men are belying their macho reputation by taking on their wives' surnames.
Registry officials in Sao Paolo say 540 grooms adopted their bride's surname in the last three months.
Psychologist Deisely Carreiro Stefani told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper: "By doing this the men show their brides how much they love and admire them."
Newlywed Jeremias Oliveira de Souza used to be called Jeremias Silva Luz.
He said: "When I got married, I wanted to start a new story with my wife and forget the sad things of the past."
I'm not even going to try and guess what that means!
Well, I've always found Icelandic names rather intriguing. No wonder they write family sagas going back centuries. How else could they keep their own genealogy from bleeding all over the landscape?
Many foreigners who visit Iceland become confused when they look through an Icelandic telephone directory, because persons are listed alphabetically by their first name. Icelanders regard the first name as the "real" name. The last name of a person is rarely used to identify a person.
Icelandic surnames are also quite special. Surnames, which exist from generation to generation in other European cultures, are rare in Iceland. In Iceland, the father's first name is used as the base to the child's last name. For example, Baldur Þórsson and Freyja Óðinsdóttir have two children, Kristín and Björn. The children's last names would be Kristín Baldursdóttir and Björn Baldursson. It is also possible to make a last name using the name of the mother, but it is uncommon.
The same naming tradition existed in Sweden and Norway until the second part of the 19th century. In certain areas of western Sweden, it continued even longer.
You're cousin is Ward Churchill?
Hi Bob.
Hey, some of us Sczakenquentinas are very proud of our heritage. It's a very common name in certain parts of the Caprivi Zipfeld and in the southern corner of the Neutral Zone.
How do you say "Wussy" in Portuguese?
Me either. Looked a little strange after I sent it.
That's pathetic
Never mind ... it still looks strange. ;)
My last name's easy, it's my first name that used to give me fits when people tried to spell it. The day one of my junior high school teachers spelled it "Terica" on the blackboard, I started to have people call me Teri.
I took my ex's name when we married, and wouldn't have had it any other way, but after the divorce I took back my family's name.
"if someone can't spell this 3 letter name, I believe I'm legally entitled to slap them."
I believe you are legally entitled to draw back a nub!
ROFL! No - thank goodness!
Thanks for the laugh, though.....
This is f--kin' gay. Then again, most of the Brazillian men I've run into in Florida are queer as a three dollar bill. What do you expect from a country who's male head of state is referred to as "Lula."
No Presidents have had three-letter names, unless you count FDR, JFK and LBJ. 4 Presidents have had 9-letter names: Jefferson, Cleveland, and the two Roosevelts.
Well, in Mexico if I remember right, the child of Thomas Garcia Mendez and Linda Garcia de Vazquez would be Bubba Garcia Vazquez. Bubba's Paternal grandparents would be Francisco Garcia Herrerra and Maria Garcia de Mendez. Bubbas Maternal grand parents would be Pedro Vazquez Soto and Elena Vazquez de Lerma.
Confusing at first but much easier on genealogists 3 generations later.
Thank you and welcome to FR. I saw yours. If I wasn't red/green colorblind I would be taking flying lessons.
Most of my dad's family came from Ballydehob. Some stayed behind there.
This is actually quite common in Latin American countries.
...okay Mr. "from Michigan." Howcome you don't capitalize "from?" Howcome "from Michigan" isn't hyphenated, huh??
...and BTW..."from Michigan" doesn't sound all that Irish to me....
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