 The other region where the practice became equally common was 1600s Scandinavia and the Swedish Baltic colonies where this practice was called
'lärda namn' or 'humanistnamn' .Further reasons for assuming such internationally recognisable names, especially in Scandinavia, included leaving agrarian conditions behind and embracing an urban and cosmopolitan way of life.Some academics never had a surname nor a patronymic surname as per their region of origin.