- Can a name have 2 capital letters?
- Why do some first names have two capital letters?
- Why do Irish last names have two capital letters?
- What does two capital letters mean?
Can a name have 2 capital letters?
Since they were used to prefix names which are proper nouns in themselves, the derived surnames have two capital letters. e.g. FitzGerald, McDonald, MacIntyre, O Henry etc. However, this isn't a rule.
Why do some first names have two capital letters?
Why do names like "McDonald" and "LeBron" have 2 capital letters? Because the 'Mc' and 'le' (le meaning 'the', and mc or mac meaning 'son of') would traditionally signify that someone was from a particular place, or was the son of somebody.
Why do Irish last names have two capital letters?
"Mc" (and also "Mac" and "Mack") is an element meaning "son of" in names of Gaelic origin from Scotland and Ireland. Because it was originally a separate word, people with such names have mostly continued the traditional of capitalizing both it and the rest of the name.
What does two capital letters mean?
Alternating caps are typically used to display mockery in text messages. The randomized capitalization leads to the flow of words being broken, making it harder for the text to be read as it disrupts word identification even when the size of the letters is the same as in uppercase or lowercase.