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"Ruud Harmsen" <realemailonsite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:qgkfp21lln8pr7tv4pmn9ikbdjasqbhude@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:57:53 GMT: "heliogabalus" <forbidden@xxxxxxxxx>:
> in sci.lang:
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>>> Strange enough, most Jews in the Netherlands had family names, while
>>> many Dutch did have not, until it was mandated.
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> The Jews may not have had them while still in Spain, but were forced
> to adopt them to pass as crpyto-catholics in Portugal?
Dunno, so I only can copy and paste this :)
The Sephardim usually followed the general rules for Spanish and
Portuguese names. They generally bear Portuguese and Spanish first
names, as Adriana, Aleqria, Angel, Angela, Amado, Amada, Bienvenida,
Blanco, Cara, Cimfa, Comprado, Consuela, Dolza, Edery, Esperanza,
Estimada, Estrella, Fermosa, Gracia, Luna, Niña, Palomba, Preciosa, Sol,
Ventura, and Zafiro; and such Spanish or Portuguese surnames as
Afanador, Aguilar, Banegas, Belmonte, Benegas, Bengoa, Benveniste,
Bernal, Bueno, Calderón, Campos, Cano, Carbajal, Caraballo, Carballo,
Cardoso, Cardoze, Cardozo, Castro, Clemente, Cordova, Curiel, De Leon,
Delgado, Delvalle, Diosdado, Fernandez, Fidanque, Fonseca, Garcia,
Guerreiro, Gomez, Harari, Henríquez, Herrera, Jimenez,Josué, Lafitte,
Laredo, Leon, Levy Maduro, Levi/Levy, Lima, Lindo, Lisbona, Lombroso,
Maduro, Matamoros Matos, Matamujeres, Medina, Mendes, Mercado, Montes,
Montijo, Monzon, Nunes, Osorio,Oliveira Pacheco, Pardo, Penedo, Pereira,
Perez, Pinto, Prado, Rivera, Rocamora, Rofé, Romero, Saavedra, Saenz,
Salvador, Sarabia, Sasso, Soriano, Sousa, Suasso, Tavares, Tejeda,
Tellez, Toledano, Torres, Tarragona, Valencia,Viana, Vidal, Zapatero,
Zaporta, and Zebede. Note that many of these names are by no means
exclusive to Jews.
In contrast to Ashkenazic Jews, who do not name newborn children after
living relatives, Sephardic Jews often name their children after the
children's grandparents, even if they are still alive. The first son and
daughter are traditionally named after the paternal grandparents, and
then the maternal parent's names are next up in line for the remaining
children. After that, additional children's names are "free",
so-to-speak, meaning that one can choose whatever name, without anymore
"naming obligations." The only instance in which Sephardic Jews will not
name after their own parents when one of the spouses shares a common
first name with a mother/father-in-law (since Jews will not name their
children after themselves.) There are times though when the "free" names
are used to honor the memory of a deceased relative who died young or
childless. These conflicting naming conventions can be troublesome when
children are born into mixed Ashkenazic-Sephardic households.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephardic_Jews
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