Talk:Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés

Common Name?
I see that this article has been renamed recently with the simple comment, "common name". I would disagree with the assertion that Gonzalo Oviedo is the more common version of Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés. Most history books use the longer version; occasionally the "y Valdes" is omitted but I almost never see it shortened to just Gonzalo Oviedo. Glendoremus (talk) 04:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, agreed. While he may be called just 'Oviedo' for brevity in running text, don't think I've ever seen him called 'Gonzalo Oviedo'. It also would not make much sense in terms of the way spanish personal naming conventions work: 'fernandez' is not a given or middle name, it's part of his patronímico (although there are varying accounts as to how he came by it). So I've moved it back to his 'full' name, which is commonly used and is incidentally how his own works were signed. --cjllw ʘ  TALK 06:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)