Naming Around the World
There are many ways to choose a name for a child. The following are traditions from three groups of people.
Chinese Naming Tradition
Many Chinese names have three parts: the family name (or last name), the generation name, and the given name (or first name).
The last name comes from the father's family. There are not many different last names in China. More than half of all Chinese people have one of these last names: Chen, Lin, Huang, Lee, Zhang, Wu, Wang, Cai, or Liu.
The generation name comes from the words in a poem. Traditionally, each family has its own "generation poem." The first generation uses the first word in the poem for its generation name. The second generation uses the second word, and so on.
The first name can be almost any word in Chinese. Often girls' names are words for beauty or flowers and boys' names are words for strength and health. Usually the Chinese don't name their children after famous people or relatives.
Naming Around the World
There are many ways to choose a name for a child. The following are traditions from three groups of people.
Chinese Naming Tradition
Many Chinese names have three parts: the family name (or last name), the generation name, and the given name (or first name).
The last name comes from the father's family. There are not many different last names in China. More than half of all Chinese people have one of these last names: Chen, Lin, Huang, Lee, Zhang, Wu, Wang, Cai, or Liu.
The generation name comes from the words in a poem. Traditionally, each family has its own "generation poem." The first generation uses the first word in the poem for its generation name. The second generation uses the second word, and so on.
The first name can be almost any word in Chinese. Often girls' names are words for beauty or flowers and boys' names are words for strength and health. Usually the Chinese don't name their children after famous people or relatives.
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