Javanese name

Javanese people have various systems and customs for personal names. Indonesians generally do not divide their names into "given names" and "surnames", and it is not uncommon for men especially from older generations to have only one name. Among Javanese Indonesians, children typically do not share a family name with their parents. Instead, they occasionally have composite names combining elements of both parents' names, or use their father's names in addition to their own, in a similar manner to European patronymics.

Until the 1960s, upon reaching adulthood it was common for people in Indonesia to replace the childhood name given by their parents with a new name called the nama tua.