Name and surname

Initially, the Han Chinese second name, s there is a difference. The original name was matriarchal commune of the family number. "Name" is the word "female" and "raw" connection. Many ancient surnames have a "female" side, such as ginger, Yao, Ji and so on. S is the name of the branch. As descendants of reproduction, family divided into several branches scattered all over, every one has a special mark as a symbol, which is s. Later, the first and last's not much differences.

Name of the source, generally have the following situations:

① The office for the name, such as Sima, Shangguan, Hou, Shuai, Wei, etc.;

② to vocational and skills as a surname, such as making pottery in the name "Tao", the management warehouse surname "warehouse", doing business name "Ja";

③ The ancestor's name, title for the surname, such as Mang, Shu Sun, Sun-, Kung-sun, etc.;

④ to seal country manor for the surname, such as Qi, Lu and Wu, Chu, etc.;

⑤ the original object of worship for the surname, such as horses, cattle, sheep, dragons, etc.;

⑥ characteristics in place of names, such as dongguo, Simon, Yang, Liu, Li, etc.;

⑦ name on numbers, such as Wu, Lu, Wan and so on.

In addition, some hyphenated name, such as Sun, Helan, Huyan, it is a translation made by the minority voice.

Sung prepared by the "Family Names" in revenue for a total of 408 surnames, hyphenated total of 76. Modern Publishing's "Dictionary of Chinese names," which has a total 4129 income of a single compound surname. Common surname, but about 200, the most common single surname only 100, and to Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou, Wu, Xu, Sun, Hu, Zhu, Gao, Lin, Wu Guo, Ma for the surnames of the population accounted for more than half.

The name of the ancient Chinese people today is more complicated than that, in general there surname, name, word, number four. After birth name is taken by the father. Word is held in the crown of adult men, two-year-old ceremony, held fifteen women taking hairpin ceremony, is one of the official title. No, there is a certain prestige and their culture, to express their ideas and inclination taken. Such as Tao Qian, No. Drifting; Ouyang Xiu, No. tippler, old age and number sixty-one lay; Lu, No. Fangweng.

No modern name of ancient people are so particular about, except for a few people with words, numbers, the average person usually has only one name,

And more to the word or words. Name reflects the cultural characteristics and psychological characteristics of the Han. If the use of "the rich, expensive, financial, and Paul" and other words, want to get rich; some use "Kang,Jian, Song, Shou" and other words, I hope health and longevity; some with "Dong, Jie, Jun, only "and other words, hope that the developed to become useful. Man, animal naming, the use of "Peng, dragon, tiger, leopard," a symbol of fierce, powerful, good luck to plant names is to use "loose, Huai, Tong, Park" and other words, a symbol of majestic tall and straight, full of vitality; women the corresponding with "phoenix, Orioles, Luan, Yan", the words and the "orchid, chrysanthemum, plum, apricot," and other words, I hope beautiful, gentle, virtuous.