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In order to select a good English name, at first, we should do some exploration of the English name’s root and also learn the content of the name’s content. Generally speaking, the root of the English name directly come from Bible, Greek, Latin, English, German, Hebrew, Irish and Spanish, etc, and English name commonly includes three parts: The first name (sometimes, we also called it Christian name or the given name), the middle name and the family name (the last name). For example: William Jefferson Clinton, William is the first name, Jefferson is the middle name and Clinton is the family name. Charles Robert Darwin, Charles is the first name, Robert is the middle name and Darwin is the family name. But the middle name will be deleted at most time. For instance: George Bush. And many people would like to replace the first name with nickname. Just as: Bill Clinton. Even now, the nickname has become the formal name.
As to the exploration of the English name, we can simply divided it into three parts: the root of the first and middle names, the root of nicknames and the root of surnames.
A. The Root of the first and middle Names
According to the custom in English-speaking countries, when a baby received the baptism, the pastor will gift the baby a Christian name (the first name or the given name). Of course, the owner also can obtain another name as the first name after 16-year-old.
As mentioned above of the individual name (the first name and the given name), I would like to introduce some relative knowledge, especially, the root of the individual name---the first name and given name.
Firstly,The name came from Bible, Roman deify, Greece deify, German and the literary masterpiece.
Secondly, people took the ancestor’s nationality, river and mountains, flowers and trees, birds and beasts, or pearls and jewels as the name.
Thirdly, many derivatives developed from the Christian name.
Lastly, the nickname became an independent name (that is the nickname instead of the first and the given name) after a long time’s usage.
B. The Root of Nicknames
English names often include the nicknames, which are relatively unfamiliar to Chinese users. Such as Catherine is the nickname of Cathy Andy, William is Bill. And the last one is not regular, just like the United States President Bill Clinton is William Clinton. Clinton declared that William Jefferson Clinton would be the formal name in his inaugural.
Nicknames sound childish sometimes. In English-speaking countries, calling a people’s nickname is just an ordinary thing. However, if a child was called Margaret Peggy, but Peggy may feels too childish and unsuitable when he was in mid-aged.
Generally speaking, it has a long
history that nickname was used as a separate name. The nickname Tina Christina can be an example. According to The New American Dictionary of Baby Names, in the early of 20th century, Tina Christina has been used independently. Of course, in China, people do not understand the nickname, nor often call the nicknames. Whether is it necessary to select one nickname, it depends on every individual.
In English-speaking countries, to show the intimacy, nickname is called among relatives, friends or colleagues. The methods of forming nickname are shown below.
Firstly, keep on the first syllable as nickname, for example: Donald →Don, Timothy →Tim.
Secondly, keep on the last syllable as nickname, for example: Anthony→Tony, Beube
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