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For some cultures (and celebrities), only one name is needed to indicate a certain person without ambiguity. In others, a single Personal Name may be insufficient, requiring alteration to a Hypocoristic / Diminutive Nickname or addition of a byname based on a specific individual's traits, family, home, occupation, or other. In most of the world, individually-based bynames have become hereditary Family Names , perhaps retaining little descriptive resemblance to the ancestral namesake's original byname. Most of Western culture uses the name order indicated by the common synonymous phrases "first name" for personal name and "last name" or "surname" for family name. However, this is inconsistent with traditional East Asian and Hungarian usage, which places the family name before the personal name. SEE ALSO
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