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Slovak names consist of a given name and a family name (surname). Slovakia uses the Western name order with the given name first and the surname last, although there is a tradition from the communist era to reverse this order in official administrative papers. Most Slovaks do not have a middle name. The family name forms for males and females are distinct in Slovakia, making it possible to identify gender from the name alone. As of 2003 there were 185,288 different family names in use among 5.4 million Slovaks, or one family name for every 29 citizens. There are an estimated 90,000 lineages in Slovakia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.geni.sk/najcastejsie-priezviska-na-slovensku/ )〕 Slovak names are very similar to the Czech names. The most common Slovak given name are Jozef (male) and Mária (female); the most common family name in Slovakia is Horváth (male) and Horváthová (female). ==Given name== Given names in Slovakia are called ''baptismal names'' ((スロバキア語:krstné mená)) even though today they are completely separate from the Christian baptismal names. Proper baptismal names given during infant baptism are still common in the countryside, yet they are only seldom used within the official name (if they are, they form the person's middle name). Generally, names in Slovakia can be of several distinct origins: * Slavic names of pre-Christian origin (e.g. Dobromil) * Christian names often inspired by saints (e.g. Vojtech) * Names of past kings and rulers (e.g. Ladislav) * Modern names (e.g. Lukas) * Names of ethnic minorities living in Slovakia (e.g. Béla) Traditionally, it was common to choose a given name for the newborn from within the family; grandfather and grandmother names being particularly popular. While this is no longer as common as in the past, it is still widely practiced especially in the rural areas. Many Slovak given names, like in most other Slavic naming systems, have a diminutive and shorter version, which is used in an informal context. For example, the diminutive of Slavomír is Slavo, of Vojtech — Vojto, of Alexandra — Saša, etc. Sometimes these diminutive names become independent and "official" given names. Some older, traditional given names have distinct shortened forms, quite different from the original, for example Štefan — Pišta, etc. These traditional shortened forms are becoming quite rare in everyday usage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Slovak name」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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