However, there is a historical tradition to reverse this order, especially in official contexts including administrative papers and legal documents, as well as on gravestones and memorials.
[1] With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bridegroom's surname.
Generally, names in Slovakia can be of several distinct origins: Surnames differ according to gender.
If the surname is derived from adjectives, the ý suffix is replaced with á.
Because Slovakia also has people with Hungarian, German, and other ancestors, some surnames in Slovakia will follow the convention of those languages and not conform to these norms.