A family name that is generally passed down from generation to generation (via males of the family in Western culture). Women, traditionally (but not quite so much these days) often adopt the surname of the man they marry.
In modern culture it's fine for a male to adopt the females surname (though not that common), for couples to hyphenate their existing surnames into a new surname eg. if mary jones marries john smith they may join their surnames to be jones-smith or... possibly, it's fine to just create a whole new name (also not that common). Most commonly it is fine for each person to keep their own surnames and then fight when the children come along as to whose surname the children will get.
In modern culture it's fine for a male to adopt the females surname (though not that common), for couples to hyphenate their existing surnames into a new surname eg. if mary jones marries john smith they may join their surnames to be jones-smith or... possibly, it's fine to just create a whole new name (also not that common). Most commonly it is fine for each person to keep their own surnames and then fight when the children come along as to whose surname the children will get.
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Get the surnameluv mug.Just another pathetic attempt by Surinamese to make Surinam different from the rest of the Dutch speaking world. Surinam also likes to change spelling to suit them too. Curacao and the Netherlands Antilles speak proper official Dutch contrary to what Surinameses may think. It is Surinam that likes to change their vocab to suit them and seperate themselves further from Dutch culture.
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person 2: well i mean her surname b what did you expect.
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