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by richrichardsson 1774 days ago
That's quite incredible to learn, so many French (or Belgian/French-Canadian) names contain hyphens. I find it amazing that this wouldn't be taken into account worldwide; who hasn't heard of Jean-Claude Van Damme for instance?
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It's also very common in the US to hyphenate family names when two people get married. e.g.: John Appleseed-McIntosh