Tuesday, May 5, 2009

What would a wife's last name become in a patronymic naming system?

For example:





Anders Olsen marries Anna Nilsdatter


What would Anna's last name be changed to?





I'm asking this in reference to old patronymic naming customs in Norway.





Please help, thanks.

What would a wife's last name become in a patronymic naming system?
Anna Olsen It only would really effect her offspring I.E. Greg Olsenson
Reply:In Judaism, patronymics had the form Itsak ben Ibrahim (Isaac son of Abraham) for a male and in your case, Anna BET Ibrahim (Anna daughter of Abraham) for a female.





There were no name changes as a result of marriage as there were no fixed surnames....so Anna would still be Anna bet Ibrahim even though she married Anders Olsen. However, there children would be {malename} ben Anders or {femalename} bet Anders.





Very very few, if any, partronymic systems had any name changes as a result of marriage.
Reply:Patro means father or male, so she'd be Anna Olsen. In Spain and Mexico she would be Anna Nilsdatter de Olsen. These countries use the patronymic naming system, so she might be Anna Nilsdatter of Olsen.
Reply:She takes her husband's name, except in religious records. In all religious records, she'll forever be recorded as "Anna Nilsdatter, wife of Anders Olsen". It actually makes tracking people ever so much easier this way.


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