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A Journal of Onomastics
Volume 61, 2013 - Issue 4
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Original Article

Jr. Naming Etiquette

Pages 230-238 | Published online: 03 Dec 2013
 

Abstract

This article discusses the etiquette ‘rules’ governing the name suffixes, Jr. and Roman numerals II, III, and so on. One of the main issues considered is how those suffixes change upon the death of a parent or relative. Other issues consider punctuation and formatting.

The time and constructive comments and suggestions of the two anonymous NAMES reviewers are gratefully acknowledged.

Notes

1 In the UK, the abbreviation is Jnr. The French use fils (‘son’) as the comparable suffix.

2 Although many popes are known to have fathered children, only one, John XI (931–935), was the son of a reigning pope, Pope Sergius III ( 904–911) (McBrien, 1997: 154).

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Notes on contributors

Ernest Lawrence Abel

Ernest Lawrence Abel is a Distinguished Faculty Professor at Wayne State University in Detroit. He has served as President of the Research Society on Alcoholism’s Fetal Alcohol Study Group, and the Behavioral Teratology Society. He is former Director of Wayne State University’s Mott Center for Human Growth and Development

Correspondence to: Ernest Abel, Mott Center, Wayne State University, 275 East Hancock, Detroit, Michigan, 48201, USA. Email: [email protected]

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