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Our first and lastnamesare crucial to our identities.
After all, they are literally the things that people can distinguish us by.
But have you ever thought about how humanity came to the point of having both names and surnames?
If you have, this TikToker has an answer they evolved from descriptions of people.
Usually, we inherit our surnames from our parents or get them from our spouses.
This means that a last name is something that indicates what family a personbelongsto.
Well, unless they change it.
The oldest known surname dates back to Ireland in the year 916.
It was the name O Cleirigh (OClery.)
Interestingly, the way those differentiations were created mirrors our present-day behavior.
Thats what TikTok user@etymologynerdpointed out.
His full name is Adam Aleksic, and on said platform, he has over 600K.
Lets not forget hisInstagram, where currently he has a whopping 1.3M followers.
Like Joanna math class or RainaMinnesota.
This kind of description evolved into surnames like Bush for someone whose ancestors came from a bushy area.
Even our perception can be a basis for surname evolution.
Plus, she toured half of the world with herrecord-breakingEras Tour.
After all, it has happened in the past.
People were thrilled to learn this new fact and didnt shy away from sharing examples of clearly evolved surnames.
As todays videos creator pointed out, were currently reinventing an old process in a modern way.
Check out the results:
