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I want to make sure I get this right for a story character. In Argentina the father and children have the same single surname (say Garcia), correct? And the mother keeps her maiden name? Could someone varify if that is right.
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"I hate entertaining, if I wanted to entertain I'd become famous or something." - my friend "S"
Please vote on my name list:
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9543934 *Updated 12-1*
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"I hate entertaining, if I wanted to entertain I'd become famous or something." - my friend "S"
Please vote on my name list:
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9543934 *Updated 12-1*
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There is an article on Spanish naming customs here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs
If you read down you'll see a note on Argentinian names. It would appear that a formal Spanish surname requires both father's and mother's surname, father's name first, but an Argentinian only needs one surname.
However, it's not clear how a married woman would be known. In Spain a married woman keeps her surname but adds her husband's. In Argentina ... ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_naming_customs
If you read down you'll see a note on Argentinian names. It would appear that a formal Spanish surname requires both father's and mother's surname, father's name first, but an Argentinian only needs one surname.
However, it's not clear how a married woman would be known. In Spain a married woman keeps her surname but adds her husband's. In Argentina ... ?
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