#patronym

Mmm.... nothing much?

I mean, she would just change her surname.

Middle names and patronyms (names that are derived from your father) are not dependent on marriage whatsoever. So for both parties, those things wouldn't change.

But if both people decided to use a specific surname, that's what would happen!

Say, for example, an American married a Russian - or any nationality that uses patronyms - and they decided to use the American name.

That surname would be changed and... that's about it! Everything else would stay the same.

If Sasha got married and changed her surname, she would be Sasha Blorbo, and would be addressed as such in situations where surnames are used. Though in some instances, she may still be addressed as Sasha Ivanovna, because it's not like she would lose her patronym.

So I realized something while partaking in a heated discussion over the names of a couple faves in a different franchise.. we have all apparently forgotten about patronymic and matronymic naming customs. I might have the wrong term so I'll give a description of what I'm talking about here:

Use of a parent's given name as last name. Examples include Thorson and Nicholaevich.

I'm sure I spelled the second one wrong and there are a number of examples modern, historical, and fictional of these naming conventions.

Why am I bringing this up?

Din Grogu.

If we use the patronymic/matronymic format then Din Djarin's last name might still be Djarin. It could still be that Last Name is coming before first and we don't know that's true because of Din's culture, a presumption about Grogu's, or something else entirely. It's also possible that Din started styling his name as F/N L/N instead of L/N F/N at some point. Who knows. I'm sure they'll tell us...eventually.

Enjoy my little thought.

In the space of a few weeks, I've heard several people complain about the difficulty in Russian literature of figuring out the names. Yes, Russians have three names, endless nicknames and diminutives, and at least two of the names may be very similar to family members, but it's NOT THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT. Sure. You have to actually pay attention to the names, and who is calling whom what, but once you've gotten the feel for how Russian naming works, it makes perfect sense. GOSH. People are so lazy. They just want one simple name for their simple-minded brains to remember.

Whew that felt good. Nothing like a nice rant every once in a while.