Los nombres hispanos

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• Los nombres hispanos

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• En español las personas tienen 2 apellidos.
• Example
• Carmen Irizarry Rosa
• Maria Perez Navarro

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• The first surname is your fathers last name and
  the second surname is your mothers maiden name.
• Example
• I am Carmen Irizarry Rosa
• My father is Pablo Irizarry Esteva
• My mother is Carmen Rosa Perez

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• Muchas personas hispanas tienen 2 nombres.
• Carmen María
• José Rafael
• Rafael Manuel
• Isabel María

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• Most hispanic people are catholic. The official
  naming ceremony takes place during the religious
  ceremony of Baptism.
• In most hispanic countries, the Registro Civil
  needs to record both given names and both last
  names. All four names need to appear in all
  legally binding documents in most hispanic
  countries.

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• Whats in a name? A child will be named often to
  honour a living or dead relative. For example
  I am the 8th Carmen in my family only in the last
  2 generations.
• Two great aunts, my grandmother, my mother, and 3
  of my cousins are named Carmen.

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• Surnames, or last names, can have special
  meanings
• A) Based on the parents first name Gonzalez
  son of Gonzalo
• B) Occupational Rodrigo Guerrero
  Rodrigo the warrior
• C) Descriptive Juan Delgado Juan the
  skinny one
• D) Geographic derived from the location of
  the family homestead. Jose de Lugo Jose from
  the towon of Lugo.

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• In Hispanic culture, when women marry, they do
  not change their name and acquire their husbands
  name. Not legally nor in everyday life. There
  are two options. For example,
• Carmen Rosa Perez marries Pablo Irizarry Esteva
• A) Carmen Rosa de Irizarry (antiquated)
• B) Carmen Rosa Señora de Irizarry
• But in all legal documents, her name will still
  be her maiden name.

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• To indicate affection add ito, -ita, -ín or
  ina to indicate small or affection.
• PabloPablito
• CarmenCarmencita
• Josefa Josefina
• Alfonso Alfonsín

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• To indicate respect Don or Doña. Add Don in
  front of a mans first name or Doña in front of a
  womans first name to respectfully address an
  adult family member or family friend.
• Example Doña María, Don Pablo