Now the law allows a name to be a few words at most. How many words can a name have at most?

The "Regulations" stipulate that names should be written in more than two and less than six Chinese characters, except for the use of national common characters or the writing and translation of Chinese characters.

The regulations stipulate that place names shall not use or contain the following characters, letters, numbers and symbols:

1, simplified and traditional Chinese characters;

2. Variants that have been eliminated, except those in surnames;

3. Make your own words;

4. foreign languages;

5. Chinese phonetic alphabet;

6. Arabic numerals;

7. symbols;

8. Other words beyond the scope of Chinese characters and minority languages.

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In terms of jurisprudence and principle, as long as it does not violate laws and regulations, the public security department cannot refuse a citizen's application for name change for any reason. Some areas restrict the use of two words in names, but only three words.

The "Regulations" stipulate that if a child adopts the surnames of both parents, it can be named according to two surnames, which is not a compound surname. Once implemented, many parents may intend to change their children's names. At the same time, the "Regulations on Name Registration (Draft)" also stipulates that in order to prevent the abuse of name rights and frequent name changes, after the implementation of the regulations, Chinese citizens who have reached the age of 18 will apply for name change registration.

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