Nomen-Naming
First name-Given name
Middle name- Country name
Family name-Surname
The name you bear is certainly special coming from somewhere down the bloodline in your family or better still naming is who we are and represent in life. The ancestors have left a legacy which should be followed according to the norms of the culture we hear the naming ceremony is a story to write home about. Both the western cultures and the Africans all follow the generational tale of naming; the names can be divided into three, first name, surname and country name.
The first name should be typically easy to spell, say, and also to pronounce, some people say it is English name and others still say it is the Christian name. A personal name given at birth or baptism used before a family name.
The surname is the family name that each person in the family carries; sometimes they say it is the last name. This name is used to describe clan, tribal group and marital association.
Country name is a name that has been handed down the bloodline in ancestry and lineage. In several cultures, it is the portion of the name written between the first given name and the surname.
Nickname is a name that comes from circles of interaction, friends and foe; a familiar or humorous name to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.
