Re: OT: Anthroponymics

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I know you can change your last name on basically any grounds in the
US, but given names I'm not sure about.

On 10/25/05, João Ricardo de Mendonça <somnicorvus@...> wrote:
> This dscussion of given names prompts me to ask a question. What are
> the rules for oficially changing one's name in your country? In
> Brazil, you must prove to a judge that your name is embarassing or
> that it harms your reputation in some way. I remember reading in the
> newspapers about a man named Adolf Hitler who succesfully changed his
> name on these grounds. Do other countries have similar laws?
>
> João Ricardo de Mendonça
>
>
>
> On 10/16/05, John Vertical <johnvertical@...> 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.)
> >
> > In Finland, the standard is two first names, but one and three are also
> > allowed by law. I think joint names such as Jean-François count as two, but
> > don't hold me on that.
> >
> >
> > >BTW there is on record a Swede having 29 names -- one for each letter
> > >of the Swedish alphabet [A-ZÅÄÖ]!
> > >
> > >--
> > >
> > >/BP 8^)>
> >
> > That reminds me - I read from an old (70s I think) copy of Guiness World
> > Records that a Pennsylvanian man born in 1904 had the longest known personal
> > name, and he also had first names for every letter of the alphabet. But it
> > was his family name that was the totally insane one. I think I wrote it down
> > somewhere ...
> >
> > OK, here goes:
> > Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth
> > Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor
> > William Xerxes Yancy Zeus
> > Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenschaftschaferswessenschafe-
> > warenwohlgepflegeundsorgfaltigkeitbeschutzenvonangreifeudurchihrraubgierigfeindewelchevor-
> > alternzwolftausendjahresvorandieerscheinenerscheinenvanderersteerdemenschderraumschiff-
> > gebrauchlichtalsseinursprungvonkraftgestartseinlangefahrthinzwischensternaitigraumaufdersuche-
> > nachdiesternwelchegehabtbewohnbarplanetenkreisedrehensichundwohinderneurassevonverstandig-
> > menschlichkeitkonntefortpflanzenundsicherfeuenanlebenslanglichfreudeundruhemitnicheinfurchtvor-
> > angreifenvonandererintelligentgeschopfsvonhinzwischenternartigraum Senior.
> >
> > My German is a little rusty (OK, a lot rusty) - can anyone provide a
> > translation of the family name?
> >
> > John Vertical
> >
>

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