Abstract:
In past did not exist other types of names, only that they got when they were born. When somebody wanted to present himself/herself, for precision they tried to add a byword. That byword could be also name of their father of mother, also name of village or town from where they came, or it could be also name of profession that they usually did. After that word has transformed into agnomen. A time later, peasants which ran out from their funciar owners, tried to change their names and used agnomens to camouflage their true identity. Another criteria to be called by another surname that you got at birth, in past were also your ethnical provinience, that's why some comunities have persons that are named by their ethnical origin (ex: greek, jewish, german, serbian, etc.). A secular tradition is also to give name for newborns from religious calendar, but these traditions are step by step forgotten and parents give birth names from movies, literature, and so on, but that tendence have nothing in common with romanian culture, that is why some traditions are going to be forgotten.
