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cid a single name was sufficient Tor
W. individual. and that name was
..,Iraily Invented Cor the person, IN
snn,l5n 10 the circumstances attending
=. blr,h. or to some personal qualify
, .,,.sssd. or which hls parents
@,,ilv hoped he might In future pos
49,. This rule seems 10 have uniform
~ prevalled in all the nations OF anti
opi,y concerning which we have any
lords. In the earliest periods OF their
history. In Egypt We find persons OF
Asllnstlon using only one name. as
pharaoh, po,lphar; In Canaan Abra-
nam. Isaac. In Greece. Dlomedes' ulys-
a.. In Rome. Romulus. Remusi 10
urtain. Hran. cnrador. etc.
surnames we're The simple result OF
rc,ts.liy. when population. hitherto
i.,i,isd and small. became % increased
a. 10 nscs ssl,ate further Particularly
s,,p tbs merely personal one could
,appiy' The clan or family system o.
~ IaNs helped tham matl filliy !"
eyerc lme ihis dlfiiculty. ana IN sne
NOR hooks " Moses We ina them tall-
lrg back upon this paIpnyihl.
,,s.ns on Identifying the ln1lNliuil
rst. .t,,h gxntriflous as - Joshua. the
80 M Sun6 or "Caipb. ehe son OF
f-ohunsh." on "Ialr the Hln o. Manas-
~" an not infrsduenily met Win
L.aisr rn ;ht nccsstiiy was caused ny
a furihpr Circumstance. Certain 81
ihris single names became popular
over others. John" simon anu
"JuIas" Wera such. a further diP:,ne-
il6n, shersf0rt. was necessary. rhin
gave rise 10 s0bflqucis " more ~
verse character We nnd ,hc p'isoh-
ymlu rlii In use. 90 In Simon bar-
i1naa" fhat fs. "slmdn. the son %
Jonas" bat 10 addition 90 this we have
ulei tha local element introduced. aa IN
"s.man The Cyrcne." aud The deacrip-
Rive ln "sim1n. the zcalol"
fn ma meantime. thf haathcn but
polished nations - Greecc and Rome
bad been adopting similar means.
though the latter was decidedly the
nrai In method Among the Greeks
such double names as "Dlonyslus the
Tyrlnt" "Dogsncs she Cynlc." "s1c.
rates ths agn " sophrnnlcua," or he
otleus " Mlleiut." show the name
curt0m and The same creed.
The Romans had very complete
fyHicm ~ Nomenclature. and each eli.
tan md q ihrie-fnld rimo. The hrs
dtnged the prifnomen. ana answered
o. our personal or baptiHmnl name
The second IL what We may term the
clan name, and the third. the coEuomsn
eorritponllug With our present sur
fame, Thus, Ne have such treble ap.
p.i'ailona as Marcus Tulilua cicerl, or
Aulus Llclnlua ArchcaL n manu-
millti slave had The citizenship cun-
Jared Upon him. MS single name be-
came his rognomen. ana che others
preceded u. one generally being che
name VI him who was the emancipation.
Thus was y q Llclnlus In the last
mentioned Instance. with sha over
throw of Ne western empire. however.
thls system was lost. and the barbara
ans who sliiild upon IT, ruins brought
back ne simple nppeilition, once more.
ArmlniuH, their chief hero. was consent
with that simple title. Aiarlc, khe
kInwn.
natdsicy. In his work on English
rurnamCa. aaya. "Wo are not without
tinccA OF those descriptive epithota
which had obtained among the earlier
communities ~ the east. one Saxon,
for his somewhat huge
proportions, aud bearing the name OF
i.lheltcd, was known MS 'unrcl,' or
.E,ht We may class him, therefore.
~ HAh'A ~ NJ We nnU
mem Inscribed In the Norman rolls.
the prosecutors OF our 'urnnta' and
..uranda.' or our 'nlgEr.' a. saxon as
himself Then again our later Fair
hloWf are hut hereditary nlrknamsa
INC. 70 the earlier 1iarfarEfcn. Hare
ignn, lrnnridcn' and 'unreadya. .
when dlcd out, 40 far as their imme-
ulA'e puHseaaora went. with the liar.
pldH aud Edmunda and 'Etheir,d.,
upon whom they were sevcrnliy folst.
e. They were but cxprcsslons of non.
war feeunE to individual personn bv
means OF which that individuality was
in'feated, ana passed away with ihe
ives OF their owners. No dsscendnnt
succeeded 90 the title. Tho SON In due
course OF time got n Hobriquet on his
tsNh, ny which he was Familiarity
~ ~, lpul mat too, was but personal
~ ~ '.,npornfy' IL was no more horod-
niS wan had been his fathers before
~. ahu even 10 Tar aH himself was
'cas, Nv H.sht DO again changed ac-
.s,utnA % ihg humOr or caprlce of nj.
h.llhnofs ana acquaintance.
ana this went ON for several mar.
,s.luilrs, only. az population increasea
,u--N anhfiquets became more and more
,,ssnIhon, In the iish ANA igth cen-
,.l'pH' however. changu took Mace
n3 silent and unprecedented tnove-
" oNei the whole OF the more mann.
,alrl ana civilized European soeieiirs
tVmenehiufr began 10 assume a solid
Nfuhk basis, IL was the reault. m
s.sl 9t an lnscnnlbly growing neces-
~ Reputation was on the lncrease,
spnnh.ree was spreading. aud society
~ last becoming corporate. with
ihla arose difficulties OF Individual
u1a, u was impossible. without
sa lnriher distraction, 10 maintain a
ttss''hi Identity. Hence. what had been
~ an occasional and lisegular Gus.
lem became a fxed ana general prse.
iAe distinguishing s0brlquet, by a
s,'ht compact. became part and Parcel
mans property. and passed ON
w ~ other possessions TO his direct
sehdanis. This nobrluqct had come
~ OF various kinds. II might be tina
shAuon OF the property owned. as
a. ~ case OF the Norman birons and
n'I IgndatOry settlements. or n might
~ Hlne local popularity that marked
w abode II might be the deslgna-
W or the craft the owner fol-
IoN,l ~ might be the title OF the rank
~ once he held. II Nigh bet patroy-
",'e-'a name acquired from the person-
or christian name OF his father or
,mo'her' u might be some charicterls-
w, mvnthl or physical. complimentary
y, me reverse. Any OF these Il might be.
~ nlallefed not which; but when once
" y. became attached 10 the poasessor aud
go nun a hNed Identity II chung to
nil TOT NE, and eventually passed on
70 hls offspring Then Il was that at
leng1h local and personal names came
.ameWhat upon the same level, and as
tnH flfmnr, F0mneenturfea hafora had