The general English name structure is: teaching name + self-name + Surname. For example, William jafferson Clinton. However, in many occasions, names are often omitted, such as George Bush, and many prefer to replace formal names with nicknames, such as Bill Clinton. The preceding teaching and intermediate names are also called personal names. The personal names, nicknames, and surnames of English-speaking people are described as follows:
I. Personal Name
According to the English customs, a baby is generally named by a priest or parents or family member when being given a baptism. In the future, I can use the second name after the teaching name. The sources of English personal names are roughly as follows:
1. Use the name of the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, ancient celebrities, or famous literature as the teaching name.
2. The names of the ancestor's place of origin, mountains and rivers, birds, animals, fish, and insects, and flowers and trees are used as their names.
3. Different variants of teaching names.
4. Use a nickname.
5. Use word-building technology to create new teaching names, such as reverse order and merger.
6. Use the Mother's maiden name as the middle name.
Common English men are James, John, David, Daniel, Michael. Common Women Are Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Catherine.
Ii. Nickname
Nicknames include nickname, nickname, And nickname. They are commonly used to express cordial names among friends and family in English. They are derived from the teaching name. There are usually the following situations:
1. retain the first syllable. For example, Donald => don, Timothy => Tim. If this name starts with a vowel, it can generate a nickname starting with 'N', such as: Edward => Ned.
2. + IE or-y such as: Don => Donnie, Tim => Tianyi.
3. Use the end syllable, for example, Anthony => Tony, beuben => Ben.
4. Two nicknames are generated by one teaching name, such as Andrew => Andy & drew.
5. Irregular derivation, for example, William's nickname is Bill.
Iii. Last name
For a long time, British people have only one name but no surname. It was not until the 16th century that surnames were widely used. The origins of English surnames are as follows:
1. Borrow the teaching name directly, such as Clinton.
2. add the suffixes indicating lineage relationships to the teaching name, such as the suffix-S,-son,-ing; prefix M'-, Mc-, Mac -, fitz-equals indicates the child or descendant of XX.
3. Add an identity extension before the teaching name, such as St.-, de-, du =, la-, le -.
4. Show place names, landform or environmental characteristics, such as Brook and Hill.
5. Show identities or occupations, such as Carter and Smith.
6. Show personal characteristics, such as black and Longfellow.
7. Borrow animal and plant names, such as bird and rice.
8. These two surnames are combined. For example, although the English surnames of Burne-Jones appear later than the names of the Teaching ones, the English surnames are much larger. Smith, Miller, Johnson, brown, Jones, Williams.
Iv. Notes
1. The earliest generation originated from the Bible. The names of the Greek and Roman mythology are generally not used as surnames.
2. The British are used to abbreviated the teaching name and intermediate name, for example, M. H. Thatcher. Americans are used to abbreviated the intermediate name only, such as Ronald W. Reagan.
3. Sometimes there are interpersonal titles, such as rank and so on, before the name. DR., prof., Pres. Can be used before or before the last name, while sir is only used before the teaching or name.
The general English name structure is: teaching name + self-name + Surname. For example, William jafferson Clinton. However, in many occasions, names are often omitted, such as George Bush, and many prefer to replace formal names with nicknames, such as Bill Clinton. The preceding teaching and intermediate names are also called personal names. The personal names, nicknames, and surnames of English-speaking people are described as follows:
I. Personal Name
According to the English customs, a baby is generally named by a priest or parents or family member when being given a baptism. In the future, I can use the second name after the teaching name. The sources of English personal names are roughly as follows:
1. Use the name of the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, ancient celebrities, or famous literature as the teaching name.
2. The names of the ancestor's place of origin, mountains and rivers, birds, animals, fish, and insects, and flowers and trees are used as their names.
3. Different variants of teaching names.
4. Use a nickname.
5. Use word-building technology to create new teaching names, such as reverse order and merger.
6. Use the Mother's maiden name as the middle name.
Common English men are James, John, David, Daniel, Michael. Common Women Are Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah, and Catherine.
Ii. Nickname
Nicknames include nickname, nickname, And nickname. They are commonly used to express cordial names among friends and family in English. They are derived from the teaching name. There are usually the following situations:
1. retain the first syllable. For example, Donald => don, Timothy => Tim. If this name starts with a vowel, it can generate a nickname starting with 'N', such as: Edward => Ned.
2. + IE or-y such as: Don => Donnie, Tim => Tianyi.
3. Use the end syllable, for example, Anthony => Tony, beuben => Ben.
4. Two nicknames are generated by one teaching name, such as Andrew => Andy & drew.
5. Irregular derivation, for example, William's nickname is Bill.
Iii. Last name
For a long time, British people have only one name but no surname. It was not until the 16th century that surnames were widely used. The origins of English surnames are as follows:
1. Borrow the teaching name directly, such as Clinton.
2. add the suffixes indicating lineage relationships to the teaching name, such as the suffix-S,-son,-ing; prefix M'-, Mc-, Mac -, fitz-equals indicates the child or descendant of XX.
3. Add an identity extension before the teaching name, such as St.-, de-, du =, la-, le -.
4. Show place names, landform or environmental characteristics, such as Brook and Hill.
5. Show identities or occupations, such as Carter and Smith.
6. Show personal characteristics, such as black and Longfellow.
7. Borrow animal and plant names, such as bird and rice.
8. These two surnames are combined. For example, although the English surnames of Burne-Jones appear later than the names of the Teaching ones, the English surnames are much larger. Smith, Miller, Johnson, brown, Jones, Williams.
Iv. Notes
1. The earliest generation originated from the Bible. The names of the Greek and Roman mythology are generally not used as surnames.
2. The British are used to abbreviated the teaching name and intermediate name, for example, M. H. Thatcher. Americans are used to abbreviated the intermediate name only, such as Ronald W. Reagan.
3. Sometimes there are interpersonal titles, such as rank and so on, before the name. DR., prof., Pres. Can be used before or before the last name, while sir is only used before the teaching or name.