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The impact of overlapping names on men

Since ancient times, boys have been favored over girls. Men have a higher status than women. When men are born into this world, they seem to be more popular and favored than women. Therefore, in Chinese naming customs, most of them focus on naming men.

There are two types of people in the world: men and women. From ancient times to the present, there have been differences between men and women, whether in physical appearance, appearance or even social status. Since men's bodies are generally larger than women's, men tend to be more productive than women when it comes to labor. Therefore, China has always been in a state of male supremacy. Men are generally more powerful than women in terms of power, status, wealth, etc. in society. Women have the upper hand. Therefore, in the minds of the public, women are like vines, slender and weak, and must be relied upon to live by; men are like trees, tall and strong, sheltered from wind and rain, and full of masculinity. Men, like women, will attract looks of confusion and ridicule. We have talked about the impact of compound names on women in previous articles. Today, we will talk about the impact of compound names on men based on the differences between men and women.

First of all, overlapping names often give people a feeling of kindness, intimacy, comfort, and pleasant sound. For example, among celebrities such as Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Sun Feifei, Gao Yuanyuan, Jin Qiaoqiao, etc., women's names with overlapping names give people a feeling of femininity and charm. But as we said, overlapping names are not good for marriage. If you look at these celebrities, they are all fighter-level. It is said that women have always regarded femininity and charm as their beauty. If you apply this characteristic to men, it will be like Sun Honglei singing and dancing to Cyndi Wang. No matter how cute the expression is, it will make people feel uncomfortable because of the consequences that history has imposed on men. Their characteristic is to be masculine, so coquettishness and femininity are obviously not suitable for them.

Secondly, overlapping names often give people the impression of being childish and not growing up. Where do we use the most common compound names? Not in official names, but in baby names called by parents, such as Lulu, Dongdong, Shuaishuai, Feifei, etc. Of course there is no problem in calling children with such names. , making people feel cute and approachable. But think about when a man named Zhang Liangliang reaches a certain age, becomes a father and a grandfather, and his grandchildren say: My grandfather is called Zhang Liangliang, what kind of feeling will it make people feel? The reason why a man becomes a husband is because he has to shoulder the responsibility. It’s the responsibility of two people, so they should have shoulders, be mature and responsible. A name with overlapping characters makes people feel childish, immature, and lacks maturity and security.

Finally, the meaning of overlapping names sometimes seems too simple. The two characters in the double-character name are exactly the same. In fact, the meaning of the name is only the meaning of one character. At most, it is connected with the surname to form another meaning similar to onomatopoeia and imitation of objects. For example, Zhang Chenchen and Zhang Chenxuan, the pronunciation of the last name is more ups and downs than the first name. In metaphor, the latter has the meaning of being as fresh as the morning and majestic, while the former, Chenchen, either points out that it is born in the early morning, or it means that it is like the early morning, but it is always less. It means a turning point.