Mexican last names carry two worlds inside them.
Spanish colonization brought one set of names. Indigenous civilizations that existed long before any European arrived brought...
Scandinavian surnames carry the landscape inside them.
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland. Five countries with five distinct cultures but a shared naming tradition that goes...
Switzerland has four official languages and its surnames reflect every single one of them.
German, French, Italian, and Romansh. Depending on which canton a family...
Irish surnames are something else entirely.
I have researched naming traditions from dozens of countries and Ireland stands apart in a way that is genuinely...