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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why are boys commonly named after their fathers but girls not after their mothers?
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Usually males also pass on their surnames, so there is a long western tradition of fathers passing their names down to their sons to show lineage. For example, can you guess the name of Henry VIII's father? This wouldn't normally work for females as their surname would change when married.