Re: Anthroponymics (was Re: A single font can display ANY alphabet, pictograph, or rune)

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:


> How many first names can people have in different nooks of the world?
> Nowadays Swedes can have any number from one upwards, but most have
> only two. (I and my son have three each, but I never use Jung 'coz
> most people -- even Swedes -- think it's a surname.)
Ukrainian legislation permits to have one or two personal names. In Soviet
times, you could have only one personal name. Patronymic is still obligatory
in all official papers.

-- Yitzik