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中 南 大 学CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY高等教育自学考试英语专业毕业论文题 目 英语名的取名艺术 题目类别 语言文化类 学生姓名 江小琴 考 籍 号 071112100215 单位或学校 中南大学继续教育学院 联系电话 15581022648 完成时间 2013年 8月 THE NAMING ART FOR ENGLISH NAMESbyJiang Xiaoqin( 071112100215 )August 2013Further Education College of Central South UniversityAcknowledgmentI would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to my tutor, Yang Xiuyan offers me academic and constructive advices on composing this paper. Her patient help and timely encouragement are worthy of high acknowledgement. On the process of composing the paper, she also plays an important role in indicating a bright road in my future writing. Moreover, my numerous thanks go to my dear friends and my lovely roommates in the college who helped me in the course of my writing. They are Yang Jing, Peng Ling, Deng Ling, who offer me quiet situation to compose my paper and discuss with me about my paper. I would like to say I feel proud and honored possessing our true friendship, because without you I could not have moved forward and dealt with the difficulties smoothly.Thirdly, I do need to thank the persons who give me my lifemy father, my mother, for their warm care. I can now have the opportunity to study in this school and to learn knowledge.Last but not least, I would like to express my thanks to those who spend their time in reading my paper, and I will be grateful if you could give me your advice.ContentsAbstracti摘要iiiIntroduction1Chapter 1 The Exploration of English Name Roots31.1. The Root of the First and Middle Names41.2. The Root of Nicknames51.3. The Root of Surnames6Chapter 2 General Principles of Obtaining an Ideal English Name82.1. The Meaning and the Root of the Name82.2. The First Name and Surnames Agreement92.3. The Names Concision102.4. The Difference between the Mans Name and the Womans Name11Chapter 3 Individual Characters of Names133.1. The Names for Babies133.2. The Names for Students153.3. The Names for the People in Love173.4. The Names for Workers183.4.1 Professional Meaning Attached to Names183.4.2 The Same or Hostile Names Around Us193.4.3 The Misunderstanding of Names19Chapter 4 Names with Detail Meaning20Conclusion24Bibliography26AbstractThe background of the thesis exists in the various environments of society. With the development of our modern society, many countries, especially China, have already stepped into the line of the world for years. More and more people in the business or elsewhere are beginning to realize how important the English name really is. Therefore, getting the knowledge of name culture to obtain an ideal English name is becoming the necessary step for people. Therefore, people should learn the knowledge of obtaining an ideal English name; people should do some surveys in order to get a nice English name. To meet the peoples needs, the thesis concludes many methods for people to appreciate. For instance: the first part is the exploration of English names root, which makes more people know the additional meaning but not only the surface meaning of English names. The second part is general principles with which we should be familiar when you are ready to obtain an English name. Just as: meaning and origin, how to match family name and indicial name well, and so on. The third part is different people with different names, which mainly deal with names individual character. Here exist different names for the babies, students, and people in love or workers. And finally, some examples with the detail materials are supplied to meet the peoples needs.Key words: English names, connotation, root, naming摘要本篇论文的背景知识存在于这个变化无端的社会里。随着时代的发展，很多国家已经步入世界，其中以中国为首。因此，越来越多奋战于商场或其它领域的人逐步认识到英语名字真正的重要性。因此,了解姓名文化已成为人们取一个理想的名字的必要步骤。因此，人们应该学习一些取名知识，做一些取名的调查研究。为了迎合人们的需要，本论文包括了一些取名的理论与方法供人们参阅，例如:第一部分是对英语姓名根源的探索，这可以帮助人们了解英语姓名的更深意思，第二部分是英语姓名的总体规则，例如姓名意义和根源，怎样搭配好姓与名。第三部分是姓名的个体差异, 针对小孩、学生、工作者应该取怎么样的名字做出了分析。最后，本论文列举了实例，并附以详细解释，以满足人们取名的需要。关键词: 英语名字，内涵，根源，取名 IntroductionAccompanying with the flying time and developing society, China presents itself before the world with power and energy. At the same time, it is indisputable that China will communicate with other countries frequently, especially the English speaking countries. So Chinese have many chances to communicate with the world. Of course, it is the high time that people needed an English name when people went abroad to travel, study, do business and work in a foreign company, only to find that our partners can not understand the meaning of the names or pronounce the names easily. Therefore, owning one English name has become one requirement and new vogue.Name, as a comprehensive symbol, its direct function is to unique the name of owner from others for people to call and distinguish. So if people want to have a nice name, it would be better to do a little research than just directly pick one name from dictionary. As is known to all, the English name is important in the world which dominated by the language of English. Name is not just a human-beings code; it also represents many peoples nature and connotation (including character, occupation, background, education, social status, as well as advantages and disadvantages). But not all names are created equal. Some of them carry unwanted connotations; some of them are so rare that they sound as foreign as some Chinese do, but some Chinese names would draw sniggers and laughs; some of them would simply be inappropriate. Maybe, this thesis will bring people with exciting benefits of obtaining an ideal English name. Chapter 1The Exploration of English Name RootsThe formation of name revealed consanguinity and blood, in another word, we Chinese called it as carry on the family line or succession. The family name succeeds generation by generation. The blood links the family member and the gene shows a continuation of life.In order to select a good English name, at first, we should do some exploration of the English names root and also learn the content of the names content. Generally speaking, the root of the English name directly comes 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 divide it into three parts: the root of the first and middle names, the root of nicknames and the root of surnames.1.1. The Root of the First and Middle NamesAccording 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 namethe first name and given name.Firstly，The name came from Bible, Roman deify, Greece deify, German and the literary masterpiece. This is very important for parents to make an idle name for their children, especially for those families who have belief in Bible, Roman deify, and Greece deify, German and the literary masterpiece.Secondly, people took the ancestors nationality, rivers and mountains, flowers and trees, birds and beasts, or pearls and jewels as their name. On the one hand, they thought these names have good underlying meaning. For example, some parents took tiger or dragon as their childrens name, because they wanted their children to be a bold person and had a brilliant future. On the other hand, the name taken from the ancestors nationality, rivers and mountains, and other plants of nature sounded good and beautiful.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 times usage.1.2. The Root of NicknamesEnglish names often include the nicknames, which is 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 peoples nickname is just an ordinary thing. However, if a child was called Margaret Peggy, but Peggy may feel too childish and unsuitable when he was in his middle age. 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 20th century, Tina Christina has been used independently. Of course, in China, people do not understand the nickname, nor often call the nickname. Whether it is necessary to select one nickname, it depends on every individual.In English-speaking countries, in order to show the intimacy, nickname is called among relatives, friends or colleagues. The methods of forming nickname are shown below.Firstly, keeping on the first syllable as nickname, for example: Donald Don, Timothy Tim.Secondly, keeping on the last syllable as nickname, for example: AnthonyTony, Beuben Ben. Thirdly, adding ie or y at the end of the name, for example: DonDonnie, Tim Timmy Fourthly, dividing one name into two nicknames, for example: Andrew Andy and Drew.Fifthly, some changes without regular pattern, such as William Bill.1.3. The Root of SurnamesIn the ancient England, peoples name without surname is one common thing until 16th century. From that time on, using surname turned into popular with all walks of life. And the surnames could come from these ways as follow:Firstly, those names directly came from Christian name, such as: Clinton, Darwin, and so on.Secondly, some affixes could show the pedigree relation, like the prefixes: M-, Mc-, Mac-, Fitz-, the suffixes:-s, -son, -ing, and so on.Thirdly, some affixes could show the peoples status, and would be attached to before the Christian name, St-, De-, Du-, La-, Le-, etc.Lastly, some words could show the peoples profession or identity, just like Smith, Carter.Chapter 2 General Principles of Obtaining an Ideal English NameIt is commonly believed that almost everyone would like to own an ideal name, and it is true that in normal social interaction, the refine and profound name often leaves deep impression on people. However, people feel repulsion for the vulgar name. A very normal thing with exquisite ornaments will receive extraordinary results. Choosing a name with historical connotation and aesthetic pleasure will be enough to decorate, super induce, color peoples life. It would be better if the name pronounced changefully and beautifully.Naturally, we can adopt many ways to select one appropriate name. But we should pay attention to these following points:2.1 The Meaning and the Root of the NameWhen people want to obtain an ideal English name, they can ask somebody to do a favor or do it themselves. People can find a favorite name from Bible, Roman deify, Greece deify, or the literary masterpiece.The same as the Chinese names, the English names also play a role in our modern society for each individual of Chinese. The significance of the name is usually carrying the expectation of their parents or elders to their children. So, people can choose a name with a positive meaning, such as wisdom, hope, joy or a name full of sunshine. In our country, English names are not more considered as significance as a factor than Chinese names. Chinese names are variety, but when people call an English name, we usually confused by the meaning if we only use our ear or mouth without using our mind. Of course, we would not pay much attention to it. When people want to make a name, please do avoid having to find an awful name, but do choose the one pleasing to hear.2.2. The First Name and Surnames AgreementThe people who were ready to obtain an ideal English name should know the basic principles which is that a short name goes with a long surname, a long name matches a short surname, popular name goes with harmony with particularly surname, popular name fits with particularly surname and so on. And these principles would be good examples for Chinese users while they match their Chinese surname to the English first name, and also, people should pay more attention to the two points as follow:Firstly, due to structural differences in language and culture, people are probably less sensitive to such issues below. Both the surnames prefix and suffix are vowels should be avoidable. Such as: Eva Anderson.Secondly, apart from the vowel, consonant sometimes also will trouble the English name. The reason is like the trouble in vowel and even sounds hard. Because the first consonant of the name is the same as the consonant of the surname. Linda Lee and Tammy Tung are the case in this point. However, recently, the popular name Lucy Liu is also the so-called “troubled” name. So it seems not a too serious problem! This is just for the reference only!2.3The Names ConcisionThere has been sufficient recognition of the magnitude of the name culture, but now people began to explore the name culture from a fresh perspective, based on tradition and concrete event. The blood of name culture reveals the historic function of blood in social development and social life.The popular trend has also happened on names for every two or three decades. For example, in 1900-1950, “John” had been in the top 10 popular names, but in 1960, even after 1970, the name John was no longer a popular name! This tendency for name can be said “to catch up with the date.” But if people do not like their English name to flow in the markets, please dont take a very popular name into consideration. Otherwise, in order to tell the two “Michael”, people have to call them “Michael B” or “Little Michael