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Of female names, Guadalupe (Lupe) is most 

 favored, with 40 individuals so called, due doubtless 

 to veneration of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Maria 

 follows with 38, and then Salud, 25; Juana, 13; Ma- 

 ria de Jesus, 13; Carmen, 12; Teresa, 12; Anita, 11. 

 Lesser frequencies are: 10 each, Margarita, Rosa; 9 

 each, Concepcion (Concha), Es]ieranza; 8 each. Con- 

 suelo (Chela), Josefa, Natividad, Sara; 7 each, Am- 

 paro, Celia, Dolores, Elena, Francisca, Josefina, Mar- 

 celina, Petra. Soledad; 6 each, Angela, Julia, Leonor, 

 Ofelia, Trinidad (Trini) ; 5 each, Eustolia, Filonie- 

 na, Magdalena, Mariana; 4 each, Andrea, Artemia, 

 Aurelia, Crescenciana, Damiana, Encarnacion, Eula- 

 Jia, Herminia, Isabel, Lucia, Paz, Socorro, Susana; 

 3 each. Amalia, Antonia, Asuncion, Bartola, Beatriz, 

 Benita, Delfina. Felicitas. Genoveva, Gregoria, Imel- 

 da. Leonila. Macaria, Melania. Micaela, Modesta, 

 (Maria del) Refugio, Sofia; 2 each, Abigail^ Agripi- 

 na. Alicia. Cayetana. Cipriana, Clara, Cleotilde, Da- 

 ria, Domitila. Eloisa, Elvira. Ema, Emelia. Ester, Eva, 

 Florencia. Fortuna, Certrudis, Glafira, Gloria, Gra- 

 ciela. Gudelia. Herlinda. Ignacia, Ines. Isaura. Ju- 

 liana, Leovigilda, Lorenza, Mercedes, (Maria de las) 

 Nieves, Paula, Placida, Romana, Sabina, Sebastiana 

 Silveria. Teodomira, Teodora, Ursula, Valeria, Ze 

 naida: 1 each. Adela, Agapita. Alberta, Albina, Ama 

 da, Anastasia. Angelina, Anselma, Agustina, Aurea 

 Aurora, Basil ia, Belen, Bonifacia, Caniila, Caritina 

 Carlota. Catalina, Cecilia. Celedonia. Celsa, Cleofas 

 Cristina. Cruz. Dionisia. Elodia, Elpidia, Elvia, Erne 

 renciana, Emilia, Epifania. Ermenegilda, Erminda 

 Ernestina, Estela, Eufrosina, Eurigides, Evangel ina 

 Feliciana. Fidelia, Gabina, Gracia. Graciana, Guiller 

 raina, Hermelinda, Higinia, Hilaria, Irais, Irma, Isi 

 dora. Jovita, Laura, Leonicia, Lidia, (Maria de) 

 Lourdes, Lucina, Marta, Martina, Matilde, Maura, 

 Maurilia, Meda, Miguela, Mireya, Natalia, Nicolasa, 

 Oliva. Otilia. Pabla, Petrocina. Piedad, Pomposa, Pra- 

 xcdes, Prudenciana, Rafaela, Ramona. Raquel, Rita, 

 Romualda, Rosalia, Rufina, Salvadora, Severiana, 

 Taide, Teofila, Tomasa, Vicenta, Victoria, Virginia, 

 Zenobia. 



All name appear to be those of saints and 

 virgins or other standard Spanish names except 

 Petrocina.^ ^ 



As modes of address and salutation, given 

 names are often replaced by kinship termi- 

 nology, particularly the fictionalized compa- 

 drazgo terms. Adults of roughly similar ages 

 who are so related call each other compadre or 

 comadre as the case may be, while children say 



3 Local pvonunriation and faulty spelling change some of 

 the names. Thus, Paulino is shortened to Paulin, Ircneo is 

 pronounced Irineo, and Nepomuceno becomes Neponuceno. 

 The initial Z of Zenon and Zenaida becomes S, as does the 

 initial C of ("eledonio. The initial G of Genoveva becomes J, 

 and the initial H of Hermenegilda and Herlinda is lost. 



■* The sound of this name suggests that Petra may have been 

 mixed with Patrocinio (Patrocinio de Maria Santisima, No- 

 vembei- 16). 



padrino or madrina. Unrelated adults simply 

 call each other by their first names. Children, 

 if well brought up, usually address a much 

 older person who is not covered by a kinship 

 or compadrazgo term by the respectful don or 

 doria followed by the given name. By and large, 

 the adult status pretty well eliminates the neces- 

 sity of calling members of the village unrelated 

 to the speaker by anything more than the first 

 name. Last names are never used, except as a 

 means of identification. Toward strangers, ei- 

 ther of the same apparent rural category as the 

 villagers, or obviously of the city, due respect 

 is shown by using the forms senor or senora in 

 address. 



As in most American villages, Tzintzuntzan 

 families show some surnames that predominate, 

 which are the most common. Here, everyone 

 seems to be either an Estrada, a Morales, or a 

 Villagomez, or be married or related to some- 

 one with this name. All persons with the same 

 names are not of the same family, and there is 

 no restriction on intermarriage. 



A second category of names is composed of 

 those which are fairly common, and shared by 

 a number of families, but which lack the uni- 

 versality of those in the first category. These 

 names are Aparicio, Calderon, Calvo, Chichi- 

 pan, Dominguez, Felices, Gillen, Huipe, Moli- 

 nero, Pena, Picho, Ramos, Rendon, Reyes, Ro- 

 jas, Urbano, Urbina, Zaldivar, and Zira. 



A third category of names is that of fami- 

 lies or individuals who have been born or re- 

 sided for a long time in Tzintzuntzan, but are 

 limited to an individual or a family so that 

 mention of the name is enough to identify the 

 family or individual in question. These names 

 are. Alba, Alonso, Alvarez, Angel, Arriaga, Ba- 

 rriga, Campuzano, Cananeo, Carrasco, Cervan- 

 tes, Cornelio, Corona, Cortez, Cuiriz, Escandon, 

 Farias, Flores, Gonzalez, Hernandez, Huetzen, 

 Jimenez, Lara, Lopez, Marin, Marquez, Mato- 

 rino, Medina, Medrano, Melchor, Mondragon, 

 Monroy, Ortiz, Perez, Qiiin, Ramirez, Rangel, 

 Rodriguez, Servi'n, Tiripitio, Tzintziin, Vasquez, 

 Villicaiia, Zacapu, Zamora and Zavala. 



Finally, there are names found in the village, 

 but not of it. Silvia, for example, is from Pa- 

 tambicho, Bailon from Uruapan, Cerda from 

 Tancitaro, Diaz from Quiroga, and Magallan 

 from Santa Clara. The remaining names in this 



