Naming in the United States
Overview of naming conventions in the United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The United States has very few laws governing given names. This freedom has given rise to a wide variety of names and naming trends. Naming traditions play a role in the cohesion and communication within American cultures. Cultural diversity in the U.S. has led to great variations in names and naming traditions and names have been used to express creativity, personality, cultural identity, and values.[1][2]
A person's middle name often may be a first name from someone else in the person's family.[3]