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I've met a few African-Americans whose first names were formed similarly. I don't think this system is entirely without precedence. It's just the systamaticity of it...and the use of it for LAST names that's got the weird factor. But like I said, I do that with one of my non-Earth human cultures. So, it's like Solomon said. Adam On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Leonardo Castro <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 2015-01-06 18:54 GMT-02:00 Roger Mills < > [log in to unmask]>: > > > Father-Fred, Mother- Margaret so Marfred or Fremarg.... > > > > That is not uncommon in Brazil, mainly in lower classes. I might know some > 15 people whose names were given by that method. > > Até mais! > > Leonardo > > > > > Or if we shmush together the last names Mills + Schwartz we might get > > Schwills (no no no!) or the one I prefer and sometimes use: Miltz. > > Back in the 50s there was an interesting writer, native of Minnesota > > IIRC, _Feike Feikema_ of Frisian descent. At some point he Anglicized > that > > to Frederick Manfred. > > > > > > On Sunday, January 4, 2015 2:48 PM, Gary Shannon <[log in to unmask] > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Just toying with conculture ideas this morning I came up with this > > system of personal names: > > > > Children have an arbitrary given name assigned by their parents. > > Male children take their mother's given name as their middle name and > > their father's given name as their last name. > > Female children take their father's given name as their middle name > > and their mother's given name as their last name. > > > > Thus John and Marsha have two children: > > > > The girl might be Susan John Marsha. > > The boy might be William Marsha John. > > > > Now if William Marsha John has children with Mary Fred Alma they might > be: > > > > The girl: Laura William Mary. > > The boy: Thomas Mary William. > > > > Or with suitable inventory of male and female names, the middle and > > last might be joined into a new single last name. E.g., male first > > names are CVC and female first names are VCV, so that male last names > > are VCVCVC, and female last names are CVCVCV > > > > Don and Ali have children: Will Alidon and Ima Donali. > > Will Alidon and Ela Parelo have children: Tom Elawill and Ana Willela. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > --gary > > > > > > > > >