Note 1003 — Chapter XXI · EDUCATION AND FAMILY MATTERS AMONG THE MAYAS.
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'A sus hijos y hijas siempre llamavan del nombre del padre y de la madre, el del padre como propio y de la madre apellativo.' The pre-baptismal name was abandoned when the father's name was assumed. Landa, Relacion, pp. 136, 194. Only the few who were destined to receive the baptism obtained the distinctive name. Medel, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1843, tom. xcvii., pp. 44-5; Villagutierre, Hist. Conq. Itza, p. 489.