• NABDad@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      What about three first names? Does the third one cancel out the second, or is the effect cumulative?

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      9 months ago

      “Von” isn’t a first name, it’s German for of/from. Same with the Dutch “Van”, the Italian “da”, the French “de” (though that one might mean "the ", I’m not sure) and several other examples from different languages

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      The Thomas family in my town always names their first son Thomas.

      Thomas Thomas the fifth is the most recent heir to this sobriquet.