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From 15th to 17th centuries, the formula seems to have been to copy the ancient Roman naming convention: praenomen ( or given name ), nomen gentile ( or Gens / Clan name ) and cognomen ( surname ), following the Renaissence fashion.

So we have: Jan Jelita Zamoyski, forming a double-barrelled name ( nazwisko złożone, literally " compound name ").

Later, the double-barrelled name began to be joined with a hyphen: Jan Jelita-Zamoyski.

( See Polish names ).