Patronyms were fairly common all over Europe at the time. It was around the 1600s that names started being inherited among non-nobles. Usually either a patronym or an occupation name otherwise.
Yes, and the same goes for Russian, where you have your father's first name with an -ich suffix as your middle name. The Ilyich in Vladimir Ilyich Lenin just means "son of Ilya"
I like how a lot of nordic last names are just telling you whose son you are
"This is the son of Hans... You know, Hanson"
IIRC this was partially an ellis island thing: immigrants had no last names so they would just say who their dads were
Patronyms were fairly common all over Europe at the time. It was around the 1600s that names started being inherited among non-nobles. Usually either a patronym or an occupation name otherwise.
Oh wow that's actually interesting
But it's also true of Scandinavians. For example Kevin Magnusson, son of magnus I guess
Don't they do that in the middle east too? Ali bin Hussein. Ben-Gurion.
Yes, and the same goes for Russian, where you have your father's first name with an -ich suffix as your middle name. The Ilyich in Vladimir Ilyich Lenin just means "son of Ilya"
The Mac- prefix in Scottish Surnames also means "son of", so Angus MacDonald would mean Angus, son of Donald.
Then why there aren't a bunch of Hansonsonsonsonsons around?
It is just a patronym. So unless your father's given name was Hansonsonsonson that wouldn't happen.
I’m also curious how hyphenated names work. After a certain point you have to go back down and cut some out right? Who’s names are dropped?