How do Chinese parents choose names?
Chinese names are traditionally patrilineal, whereby children are given their father’s family name at birth. Women do not change their legal names at marriage. However, some may choose to place their husband’s family name before their full name.
How do Chinese family names work?
Unlike English names, Chinese people write their family name (normally a single letter) first and then their given name (one or two letters). My name is Ma Nan, Ma is my surname and Nan is my given name. Ma is ranked as the 14th most common surname in Mainland China; ‘ma’ literally means ‘horse’.
How do you name a Chinese baby?
How are Chinese babies named? The convention in China is for a person’s surname to be written first, followed by their given name. Usually, the surname is one Chinese character and the given name is one or two further characters. (So Chinese first names are actually second names!)
Is there any traditions about naming babies?
Naming a child is usually through the baptism ceremony in Christianity, especially Catholic culture, and to a lesser degree among those Protestants who practice infant baptism. In Eastern Orthodoxy infants are traditionally named on the eighth day of life in a special service conducted either in the home or in church.
How do you fill out a Chinese first and last name?
For first name just fill in your given name and last name your family name/surname. For example, if your name is Huang Jing Lun, your first name will be Jing Lun and your last name will be Huang.
What is the most common last name in China?
Wang
The three most common surnames in Mainland China are Li, Wang and Zhang, which make up 7.9\%, 7.4\% and 7.1\% respectively. Together they number close to 300 million and are easily the most common surnames in the world.
Do Chinese names have surname first?
Modern Chinese names consist of a family name (xìngshì; 姓氏), which comes first and is usually but not always monosyllabic, followed by a given name (míng; 名), which is almost always disyllabic, consisting of two characters.
What is the most common female name in China?
Top Chinese Names in the 2010s
| Rank | Male Names | Female Names |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 浩宇 (Hàoyǔ) – “vast universe” | 欣怡 (Xīnyí) – “joy” |
| 2 | 浩然 (Hàorán) – “vastness” | 梓涵 (Zǐhán) – “ catalpa tree mellow” |
Why do people name their children after places?
Naming babies after a city has been a popular practice, be it for religious reasons or for the sweet memories that particular place has in one’s life. You may have got pregnant after going on a holiday to a particular city with your partner, and want to cherish those memories forever.
Does first name include Chinese name?
It always comes before the given name and is usually a single syllable/Chinese character. The given name (or ‘personal name’) is chosen at birth as the individual’s personal identifier. It may contain one or two syllables/Chinese characters. Women generally do not change their names at marriage.