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How to integrate into the new life: take an English name;

When most people take an English class for the first time, they will start to consider taking an English (foreign) name. When the English vocabulary is not very large, there may be many people named John, Mary, Bob, Paul, Joe, Jane and so on.

With the improvement of education level, many people often change their English names when they grow up. But before you go abroad, you should give your life a name. If you want to have an official foreign name, you must add it when you apply for a passport, that is, your English name will be called on the passport, but once you apply for a passport, this English name cannot be changed!

The benefits of English names

Our Chinese names are usually taken at home, and we have no right to interfere. Only foreign names can be decided by ourselves. In many foreign workplaces, people usually use foreign names to address each other. More importantly, after studying abroad, foreigners can correctly call out your name and reduce everyone's embarrassment.

How to give an English name?

With the evolution of western civilization, the names of foreigners have changed a lot. Take the name finder of Parents Soup as an example. First, you can choose a boy or girl's name. Some people in Taiwan Province Province didn't distinguish clearly when choosing their names. It also uses the name of Taiwan Province girl used by foreigners for men, which plausibly means equality between men and women. It is inevitable to laugh generously when going abroad. Generally, the number of syllables in a name is almost three. Of course, the more syllables, the more letters. People who like to be lazy should not abuse themselves. Many people are used to taking a foreign name that sounds similar to their Chinese name. You can choose a letter that sounds similar to your Chinese name at the prefix.

The names of foreigners can sometimes tell which nationality they belong to. If you like French or German names, you can also choose your favorite cultural background in the ethnic classification department.

Common sense of English names

The general structure of English names is: Christian name+self name+surname. Like William Jafferson Clinton. But on many occasions, middle names are often omitted, such as George Bush, and many people prefer to use nicknames rather than formal Christian names, such as Bill Clinton. The above Christian names and middle names are also called human names. The names, nicknames and surnames of English speakers are as follows:

I. Personal name

According to the custom of English-speaking people, when a baby is baptized, it is called the Christian name by the priest or parents or relatives. In the future, I can take a second name after my Christian name. The sources of English names are as follows:

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. nickname

Nicknames, including nicknames, abbreviations and nicknames, are often used to express goodwill between friends and relatives of English speakers and come from Christian names. There are usually the following situations:

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. surname

For a long time, the British had only a first name and no last name. It was not until the16th century that the use of surnames became widely popular. The etymology of English surnames mainly includes:

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. Displaying place names, topography or environmental features, such as streams and hills.

5. Screening identity or occupation, such as Carter and Smith.

The benefits of English names

Our Chinese names are usually taken at home, and we have no right to interfere. Only foreign names can be decided by ourselves. In many foreign workplaces, people usually use foreign names to address each other. More importantly, after studying abroad, foreigners can correctly call out your name and reduce everyone's embarrassment.

How to give an English name?

With the evolution of western civilization, the names of foreigners have changed a lot. Take the name finder of Parents Soup as an example. First, you can choose a boy or girl's name. Some people in Taiwan Province Province didn't distinguish clearly when choosing their names. It also uses the name of Taiwan Province girl used by foreigners for men, which plausibly means equality between men and women. It is inevitable to laugh generously when going abroad. Generally, the number of syllables in a name is almost three. Of course, the more syllables, the more letters. People who like to be lazy should not abuse themselves. Many people are used to taking a foreign name that sounds similar to their Chinese name. You can choose a letter that sounds similar to your Chinese name at the prefix.

The names of foreigners can sometimes tell which nationality they belong to. If you like French or German names, you can also choose your favorite cultural background in ethnic classification places.

Common sense of English names

The general structure of English names is: Christian name+self name+surname. Like William Jafferson Clinton. But on many occasions, middle names are often omitted, such as George Bush, and many people prefer to use nicknames rather than formal Christian names, such as Bill Clinton. The above Christian names and middle names are also called human names. The names, nicknames and surnames of English speakers are as follows:

I. Personal name

According to the custom of English-speaking people, when a baby is baptized, it is called the Christian name by the priest or parents or relatives. In the future, I can take a second name after my Christian name. The sources of English names are as follows:

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. nickname

Nicknames, including nicknames, abbreviations and nicknames, are often used to express goodwill between friends and relatives of English speakers and come from Christian names. There are usually the following situations:

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. surname

For a long time, the British had only a first name and no last name. It was not until the16th century that the use of surnames became widely popular. The etymology of English surnames mainly includes:

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. Displaying place names, topography or environmental features, such as streams and hills.

5. Screening identity or occupation, such as Carter and Smith.

6. Show personal characteristics, such as: black, Longfellow.

7. Borrow animal and plant names, such as birds and rice.

8. From the 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 explanations

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 middle names, such as Ronald W. 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.

Common sense of English names:

The general structure of English names is: Christian name+self name+surname. Like William Jafferson Clinton.

But on many occasions, middle names are often omitted, such as George Bush, and many people prefer to use nicknames.

Replace formal Christian names, such as Bill Clinton. The above Christian names and middle names are also called human names. English-speaking countries now

The personal name, nickname and surname of are as follows:

I. Personal name

According to the custom of English speakers, when babies are baptized, priests or parents, relatives and friends do it for them.

Name, called Christian name. In the future, I can take a second name after my Christian name.

The sources of English names are as follows:

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, which are very common.

The names of these women are: Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah and Catherine.

Two. nickname

Nicknames, including nicknames, abbreviations and nicknames, are often used by relatives and friends of English speakers to express goodwill.

It comes from the Christian name. There are usually the following situations:

1. Keep the first syllable. Such as Donald = >; Don, Timothy => Timothy If your real name 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. surname

For a long time, the British had only a first name and no last name. Surnames were not widely used until16th century.

Popular. The etymology of English surnames mainly includes:

1. Borrow Christian names directly, such as Clinton.

2. Add affixes to Christian names to express blood relationship, such as suffixes -s, -son,-ing; Prefix M'-, Mc-

Mike, Fitz, etc. Refers to the son or descendant of someone.

3. Attach identity affixes before Christian names, such as St.-, De-, Du=, La-, Le-.

4. Displaying place names, topography or environmental features, such as streams and hills.

5. Screening identity or occupation, such as Carter and Smith.

6. Show personal characteristics, such as: black, Longfellow.

7. Borrow animal and plant names, such as birds and rice.

8. From the 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, Williams.

Four. Some explanations

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 it.

Only the middle names are abbreviations, such as Ronald W. Reagan.

3. Sometimes there are interpersonal titles before the name, such as job grade. Doctor, professor, dean. Yes

Used before a surname or first name; And Sir is only used before the Christian name or name.

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Learning English names;

Since I started writing chat English on June 5438+1 October1,I have received many emails from netizens, including praise, encouragement, criticism and discussion. I am sincerely grateful for this. My post below is not about these emails, but about the English names of these netizens. I found that several netizens have good English names. For example, there is a Shenzhen netizen, Mr. Kevin Wu, whose English name is Kevin Wu. You can compare it. "Kevin" and Kevin's pronunciation are almost identical, seamless and amazing.

However, such a good name is really rare. Some netizens' English names are really pleasing, such as Raider XXX (probably a fan of Tomb Raider), Doggie XXX (probably having a puppy at home) and so on. Seeing this, some friends may say that English names are actually a symbol. It doesn't matter what English name you choose, as long as you like it. Actually, the problem is not that simple.

Generally speaking, China people's English names are not for China people, but for foreigners. The main purpose is to make it easier for foreigners to remember their names when interacting with foreigners. If you introduce your name to foreigners as a raiders or a puppy, people's first impression may be that you have no culture, even don't know "common names in Britain and America", and your quality is relatively low; The second feeling is that you may not be serious enough to call yourself a puppy, which seems naive; The third feeling is the most troublesome. People probably don't trust you, don't want to make friends with you, and don't even want to do business with you. So I speak a good English name, which is very important in foreign communication.

When Chinese choose English names, I think we should at least pay attention to two points. The first point is: it is best to choose a "common name", such as Kenneth for men, Catherine for women, and so on. If you think Kenneth or Catherine is too formal, you can also use their nicknames (nicknames) Ken or Cathy. Personally, English beginners in China, because they don't know much about British and American culture, had better not invent their own English names in principle. This is because the name you create is likely to remind foreigners of bad meanings. For example, I met a friend whose English name is Gygo, which is easily associated with gigolo.

The second point is: once you have an English name, don't change it easily. I have a classmate whose English name was John when he was a freshman. In the third year, he thought John was not nice, so he changed to Tommy. It's too fast and indecent to change my name in two years, so I have never advocated changing my English name easily. Take myself as an example. My English name is Michael Cheung (you can call me Mike if you email me again), which was given to me by my father when I was 18 years old. It has been used for 22 years and has not changed.

When I write this article, the TV next to me is reporting that JFK (Senator john forbes kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, is running for the next US President) won the primary election. I'm not surprised by JFK's victory. I always feel that JFK has a unique advantage over other candidates, that is, his initials. This is because when Americans see JFK, they will immediately think of another JFK, the late US President john fitzgerald kennedy. It can be seen that having a good name is sometimes very important.

Three ways of naming English names:

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The first method is to choose an English name that is "homophonic" with the Chinese name. For example, Li Mei can be pronounced as May Li, and "Mei" is just homophonic with May. Here are four examples for your reference. Many English-Chinese dictionaries have lists of English names in their appendices. You can find a roughly homophonic English name according to the Chinese pronunciation of your name. However, this method has great limitations. Most Chinese names have no homophonic English names, so we can only consider the other two methods.

(1) Li Mei-Li Mei

② Zhang Lei-Zhang Ruiping

③ Liu Kaiwen-Liu Kaiwen

④ Wu Dawei-Wu Dawei

The second method is to choose a favorite English name according to its internal meaning. Many English names come from Greek mythology, Roman mythology and the Bible, so they have some internal meanings. I saw the internal meanings of common English names on a website a long time ago, and there are probably dozens of them. I only remember four of them. Please see below. If you are interested in this question, please search online. I really don't remember the address of that website.

(1) Andrew-said strong.

(2) (2) frank-said freedom.

(3) (3) Catherine-said purity.

(4) (4) Helen-said light.

The third way is to choose a name from other countries or create one yourself. For example, I have a classmate in Macau who named a Portuguese girl Emilia, and I have a netizen in Shanghai whose English name is Skila, who created it herself. You can try to pronounce these two names. They are really nice. However, when you decide to create your own name, you'd better consult foreign friends, lest your name contain some derogatory meanings.

A small problem suddenly occurred to me: English names that are not commonly used are actually very good. For example, the English name of Priscilla Chan, a Hong Kong singer, is not common, but elegant, and I like it very much. Therefore, if the above three methods are not suitable for you, you might as well choose a relatively uncommon English name.