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Orthography

Modern Hungarian orthography is slightly different (simpler) than that of 18th or 19th century, but many Hungarian surnames retain their historical spelling.

Hungarian names follow the "western" custom, using given name and family name. However, Hungary is the only European country to place the family name before the given names, i.e. it uses the eastern name order. So the terms "first name" and "last name" are potentially confusing and should be avoided, as they do not in this case denote the given and family names respectively. It is nearly universal for a person to have a name; the rare exceptions occur in the cases of mentally disturbed parents, or feral children growing up in isolation. ...

This usage doesn't apply to non-Hungarian names, eg "Tony Blair" will remain "Tony Blair" also in Hungarian texts. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the UK Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in North East England. ...

Female names

Modern Hungarian female names can be complicated, because if a woman marries, she has six possibilities nowadays. For example Szendrey Júlia marries Petőfi Sándor (Júlia and Sándor are their given names, respectively). Sándor PetÅ‘fi (January 1, 1823, KiskÅ‘rös–most likely on July 31, 1849, in SighiÅŸoara) was a Hungarian national poet and a key figure in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, born as Alexander Petrovics. ...

• Júlia gives up her name, adds a special suffix -né to her husband's full name, and will be called Petőfi Sándorné (the traditional custom, the only form possible until the 1970s)
• Júlia can keep her name Szendrey Júlia (a usage that existed in earlier times and was (re-)established in the 1970s; now very popular, especially among more educated women)
• Júlia adds a special suffix -né to her husband's family name (the -né ending is the equivalent of the English Mrs.), adds her family name and given name and will be called Petőfiné Szendrey Júlia
• Júlia adds a special suffix -né to her husband's full name, adds her family name and given name and will be called Petőfi Sándorné Szendrey Júlia
• Júlia takes her husband's family name, keeps her given name and will be called Petőfi Júlia (the Western custom - still rather rare)
• Júlia hyphenates the two names and becomes either Petőfi-Szendrey Júlia or Szendrey-Petőfi Júlia (very rare)

Women are frequently known by their husband's name, as in Petőfi Sándorné. The complication arises because with this traditional form, the woman's female first name does not form part of her official name anymore, yet this is the name she will be called also after her wedding in all but the most formal contexts. Thus, Hungarian radio speakers and others often resort to a compromise like Kovács Jánosné, Juli néni (Mrs. János Kovács, aunt Juli) to indicate how the woman should be called by others.

Some women who officially bear the -né form will nevertheless introduce themselves with their husband's family name and their own Christian name (in our example, Kovács Júlia, rather than Kovács Jánosné), in order to avoid confusion about how to address them.

A couple can easily be referred to as Petőfi Sándor és neje (Sándor Petőfi and wife), similar to the English form "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith". This can be commonly seen on tombstones in Hungarian cemeteries.

See also

• Hungarian language#Name order
• List of most common surnames#Hungary

Hungarian (magyar nyelv ) is a Finno-Ugric language, unrelated to the other languages of Central Europe. ... Family names can be unique or come in large numbers. ...

External links

• Hungarian Names 101

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