Compound names
Compound names can be hyphenated or use a normal space between the two names that make it up, Italian names however are joined as a single word, for example; Giambattista, Giampaolo, Giampiero, Giancarlo, Gianfranco, Gianluca, Gianluigi, Gianmarco, Gianmaria...But Anyone knows a compound name of the later variety that has the second name starting iwth an H? I know Italian does not uses the h much because it isn't properly recognized as a letter... But is there another language where compound names are neither hyphenated (like Jan-Helge a Nrowegian compound name) nor written with a gap between the names that make it up (like Juan Francisco or José Luis or María Fernanda)? And any of them have a name that starts with an h in the second part of the compound name?
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Besides Karlheinz, there is also Ottheinrich composed of Ott[o] and Heinrich.
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thanks
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What about Karlheinz? It's a German name, a combination of Karl and Heinz.
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Could work... Is it a common compound name? Or is it just a one in a lifetime compound name? Or where in between these extremes is it?
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Just checked... Two famous people use the name without a hyphen or space... Then I consider it valid :D Thanks! :D (Brandenburg and Sotckhausen)
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I remembered it because of actor Karlheinz Böhm.Now I'm really curious why you were looking for a name like that. Would you mind telling?
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Well... the reason might seem meaningless... So don't get angry if you think it is so... But I was designing characters for a story I am writing and the 9 characters were labelled A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I at first... Without thinking of the letters I assigned A to the Second name (sometimes someone can have two names) of the first character, B to the second surname (I use Spanish naming customs with an ocassional variant were the maternal surname may go first, specially if the character is female) of the second character, C to the first surname of the third character, D to the first surname of the fourth character, E to the first name of the fifth character, F to the second surname of the sixth character, G to the second surname of the 7th character, H to the second name in a compound name of the 8th character and finally I to the first surname of the ninth character... Then I realized my 8th character had an H in the second name of his compoound name (I broke it into 3 names, either second or first or second of compound name, 3 first surnames and 3 second surnames, my arrangement was about to get completely broken...) now since my character isn't German and slipping German ancestry in him wont work well I am justifying his name as something done in honor of a fictional Karlheinz who is a homage to the many Karlheinz I found in wikipedia (I Just need to get the maiden name of Karlheinz Brandenburg's mother to complete the homage)
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It used to be rather common in the generation of our grandparents (= among those who are now 60, 70, 80 years old), a time when compound names in general were quite popular. It's hardly ever used today.
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Yes I have confirmed it is a normal name and not an unusual variant :D Thanks :D
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