Everything about Javanese Name totally explained
Javanese people typically have three-part names, each part of which is a
given name. They don't use
surnames. In everyday life, only one name is used.
Culturally, Javanese people use a
patrilineal system that traces the hierarchic lineage of the father. This system is particularly used to determine descendants' right to use royal titles before their names. However, it isn't customary for Javanese to pass on a
family name.
Many Javanese have just a single name, for example,
Sukarno or
Suharto. Names may have come from traditional
Javanese languages; many derived from
Sanskrit. Names with the prefix
Su-, which means
good, are very popular. After the advent of
Islam, many Javanese used
Arabic names, especially among clerics and the northern coast population, where Islamic influence is strong. Commoners usually only have one-word names, while nobles use names of two or more words, but rarely a surname. Due to the influence of other cultures, many people started using names from other languages, mainly
European languages.
Christian Javanese usually use
Latin baptismal names followed by a traditional Javanese name, for example
Albertus Soegijopranoto, the first Indonesian bishop.
Some people use a
patronymic. For example,
Abdurrahman Wahid's name is derived from
Wahid Hasyim, his father, an independence fighter and minister. In turn, Wahid Hasyim's name was derived from his father named
Hasyim Asyari, a famous cleric and founder of the
Nahdlatul Ulama organization. Another example is former
president Megawati Sukarnoputri; the last part of the name is a patronymic, meaning "Sukarno's daughter".
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