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In between name (Denmark)
25 Jun 2006 01:24:37 -0700
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edespalais...
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Until rather recently one personally had a
a) first name (of which "count of" was a part)
b) a family name.
Now one have a
a) a first name (Danish: "Fornavn[e]", name before, without "count
of")
b) an in between name (Danish: Mellemnavn[e])
c) a name behind or after (Danish: Efternavn[e]).
The name of the actual head of State is therefore: Margaret - Queen of
- Denmark.
The term family name has also changed (initially : family name, then
lineage name, now as said: name behind or after)
Charles von Hamm...
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By this do you mean a forename, a middle name and a surname? The forename
and the middle name(s) are collectively the given names.
Dag T. Hoelseth...
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No, at least in the Scandinavian countries a middle name is (legally
defined as) a surname inherited from either the mother's or the
father's side and is, as the expression indicates, in the middle
between a forname (given name) and a surname.
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In the case of Margrethe II, her forename is Margrethe and her other given
names are Alexandrine Thorhildur Ingrid. If the Efternavn(e) is equal to a
surname, then the Queen does not have one (although Her Majesty always has
the option of making "of Denmark" the surname for members of the Royal
Family).
Dag T. Hoelseth...
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Queen Margrethe II has as you suggest four forenames (given names) but
no middle name and no surname is used (although this is required by
law). I gather that she is registered (in the Public Register) with her
title as "surname", like her ancestors were in the various censuses.
Dag T. Hoelseth
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Charles von Hamm
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edespalais...
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Unknown is, if anybody who does not belong to the nobility can have an
"in between name"
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