Every one, young or old,feels a special interest in his own name,(1)______________________________. For a long time,people were known only by their personal or given names.(2)_________________________.The most common way by which given names developed into family names was by combining the word “son” with the name of the parents,to form a compound name:such as Williamson, Robertson, Richardson.Often “son” was shortened to “s” as in Williams, Roberts, Richards. Occupational names are especially interesting for at first they were not inherited (3)______________________________________. Most names in this class explain themselves:such as Smith, Miller, Shepherd and Bishop.
