Do you have one surname or two surnames?

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  • Lynlynlyn
    10 years ago | pl

    I actually have three...

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago | pl

    Just one.

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  • Baby.Blues
    10 years ago | pl

    Technically one but my middle name is my grandmother's maiden name. So I sort of count that as two because I don't have what most people deem a regular middle name.

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  • anti-hero
    10 years ago | pl

    Uno.

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  • dinz
    10 years ago | pl

    I have two

    A fair amount of people of Dutch descendant ulitise a prefix infront of their surnames. Common ones would be "van" (from/of), "de" (the) or "der" (of the).

    So let's say if we had them in English. An example would be "John of England" or John the Great", etc.

    BUT if you were looking in some Dutch phonebooks for example - let's say my last name is "van Engel" - "van Engel" would appear under "Engel" not "van".

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    • shuggy-chan
      10 years ago | pl

      Thanks for the break down, I know van, de vander, basic meaning, but not the specific meaning

      And Von is German for like royalty I think?

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      • dinz
        10 years ago | pl

        Well "Von" was once a title used by the Nobility of Germany speaking countries but now it used by the commoners today as well.

        I think some people were forced to drop the "von" from their names after World war one from memory especially the former monarch and the elite when they became Republics.

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