Niki Avgerinos Professor Raymond UWRT 1103 — E01 MW 8am 5 October 2015 Kinship In the Greek culture, our naming traditions are very different to those efferent oie ot vol Sore Cage rrood t When a man and woman are married the woman always mus tke the is ast name. This is common all over the world. When the couple has kids is when the true tradition is brought out. The kids are named after a grandparent. For example, my name is Niki and my grandmother's name is Niki. If the child is not named after a grandparent, they are typically named after another relative, AVE YU NI CUle ? > Middte names for the parents are typically the parent's names. For example, my middle name is my mother’s name in Gate ded ay wher sn muddle ndure ant 's name. In earlier generations the kids would take the dad’s name as their middle name. This happened for my mom, but when she was old enough she got rid or the middle name since it was a boy’s name, Personally my name in Greek means victory, but that did not have a factor in wy I was named Niki. (Gt doe ean anything, and it’s not special. Same with most of the names in my family. [ifthey do mean something then it was not the reason the person was named that name.