Ducklet Cat
Member
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2005
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Kuwait
- Current Location
- Kuwait
Hello
1. From a previous thread here in the forum, I learn that names in the west are very personal. It's just your given name, and the surname.
My question is: how do you differentiate between people with the same names?
There could be 1000 persons called John Smith. :S
How do banks or businesses or any institution for instance know which John Smith they are talking about? Do they to depend on the "social security number" or the equivalent every time?
2. Can a child gets a surname different than his father's surname? Like his mother's Surname? How has the right to do so? and at what age?
Thanks
1. From a previous thread here in the forum, I learn that names in the west are very personal. It's just your given name, and the surname.
My question is: how do you differentiate between people with the same names?
There could be 1000 persons called John Smith. :S
How do banks or businesses or any institution for instance know which John Smith they are talking about? Do they to depend on the "social security number" or the equivalent every time?
2. Can a child gets a surname different than his father's surname? Like his mother's Surname? How has the right to do so? and at what age?
Thanks