How did you get your English name?
English naming knowledge
I. English names
1. Use the names in the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, ancient celebrities or literary masterpieces as Christian names.
2. Take the names of ancestral places, mountains and rivers, birds and animals, fish and insects, flowers and trees as Christian names.
3. Different variants of Christian names.
Step 4 use nicknames.
5. Use word formation to create new Christian names, such as reverse order and merger.
6. Take the mother's maiden name as the middle name. The common names of men in English-speaking countries are: James, John, David, Daniel and Michael, while the common names of women are: Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah and Catherine.
Two. English nicknames
1. Keep the first syllable. Such as Donald = >; Don, Timothy => If the real name of Timothy starts with a vowel, nicknames starting with' n' can be derived, such as Edward => Ned.
2.+ie or -y, such as: Don => Downey, Tim => Timmy.
3. Use the last syllable, such as AnthOny => Tony and Bourbon => Ben.
4. Two nicknames are derived from a Christian name, such as Andrew => Andy & Drew.
Irregular derivation, such as: William's nickname is Bill.
Three. British surname
1. Borrow Christian names directly, such as Clinton.
2. Add affixes to Christian names to express blood relationship, such as suffixes -s, -son,-ing; Prefixes M'-, Mc-, Mac-, Fitz-, etc. Both mean the son or descendant of so-and-so
3. Attach identity affixes before Christian names, such as St.-, De-, Du=, La-, Le-.
4. Reflect place names, landforms or environmental features, such as streams and mountains.
5. Reflect identity or occupation, such as Carter and Smith.
6. Reflect personal characteristics, such as: black, Longfellow.
7. Borrow animal and plant names, such as birds and rice.
8. It is a combination of two surnames, such as Edward Burne-Jones. Although English surnames appear later than Christian names, they are much more numerous. Commonly used are: Smith, Miller, Johnson, Brown, Jones and Williams.
Four. Some Notes on English Naming
1. Early Christian names came from the Bible and Greek and Roman mythology, and were usually not borrowed as surnames.
2. British people are used to abbreviating all Christian names and middle names, such as M.H. Thatcher; ; Americans are used to abbreviating only their middle names, such as Ronald Reagan.
3. Sometimes there are interpersonal titles before the name, such as job grade. Doctor, professor, dean. Can be used before last name or first name; And Sir is only used before the Christian name or name.
The above is what Bian Xiao shared today, and I hope it will help everyone.