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  • Hungary: register of forenames of national and ethnic minorities

    Office for National and Ethnic Minorities
    Budapest, Hungary

    Solymosi Judit <[email protected]>

    Selection of news on
    national and ethnic minorities in Hungary

    July - September 2004



    The register of forenames of national and ethnic minorities in Hungary
    has been completed

    With the involvement of experts, by January 2004, twelve out of the
    thirteen national self-governments of minorities compiled their lists of
    forenames based on their traditions. The Armenians, due to internal
    dispute, failed to come to a consensus on the matter. As a consequence
    of this, in August 2004, the book containing the complete list of
    eligible minority forenames was published without the Armenian names.

    Simultaneously, the Ministry of Interior has compiled the forms of
    bilingual birth-certificates. A person declaring minority affiliation
    may choose the forename of his or her child from the above mentioned
    list. The decision whether he or she chooses the option of a Hungarian
    certificate with the phonetically written version of the name, or rather
    goes for the bilingual document, lies with him or her.
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