Tirana Prosecution to Investigate Alleged Data Leak of More than 630k Albanians

Re:Tirana Prosecution to Investigate Alleged Data Leak of Mo... by smoe on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @07:55PM (#29657471)

Seems like a cultural thing where the father's name is part of your own name in official documents.

"a complete name usually consists of a given name; the given name of the individual's father, which is seldom included except in official documents; and a family name"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian_name

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Re:Tirana Prosecution to Investigate Alleged Data Leak of Mo... by alchemism on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @09:16PM (#29657911)

This is also true in Greece - it originates from either Balkan or Orthodox culture I figure.

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Re:Tirana Prosecution to Investigate Alleged Data Leak of Mo... by MobiusHorizons on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @11:51PM (#29658774)

It’s called a patronymic, and is also part of the legal name in At least Ukraine and Russia . Interestingly in those countries the last name is something which only really shows up in official documents, instead the patronymic is used in much the same way as a last name is in English. For instance the Russian equivalent of John Doe is Ivan Ivanovich which just means Ivan son of Ivan.

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Re:Tirana Prosecution to Investigate Alleged Data Leak of Mo... by dinvlad on Thursday December 23, 2021 @01:46AM (#29659339)

I've made a mistake of using my patronymic as my middle name in US docs. It's actually more like a second last name, as you noted.

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