RiittaA
commented
2 years ago Additional comments to notes presented in webinar Oct 6th:
In Finland, we may have a patronymic name as a given name, like:
- Johannes Markunpoika (Johannes Markku's son) or
- Liisa Markuntytär (Liisa Markku's daughter)
They come from old days, when people did not have surnames. But as said, they are now used as given names, every now and then. (Not very common nowadays, though.)
And because of equality :) we have also similar pattern to create matronymic given names:
- Johannes Annanpoika (Johannes Anna's son)
- Liisa Annantytär (Liisa Anna's daughter)
In Iceland, they do not have surnames, but form patronymic (and sometimes matronymic) names in that manner, too:
- Gunnar Einarsson
- Lisa Einarsdottir
In Finland we may have also immigrant names in our population register. Russians use patronymic names, so in order to register their names properly, we need a respective field in our register. (Like father's name Ivan –> patronymic names Ivanovich, Ivanovna)
So these matronymic and patronymic names are not essential to Finns, but as they exist, it would be fine if we all name the fields in similar manner. The field of course should be optional, not obligatory.
EttanB
EmidioStani
During the Core Vocs webinar dd. 2021-04-23, a suggestion was made to include the matronymic name property as well, alongside the existing property of patronymic name.