Some names of foreigners:
1. British and American names
The order of British and American names is that the given name comes first and the surname comes last. For example, John Wilson is translated as John Wilson. John is the first name and Wilson is the surname. Another example is Edward Adam Davis, which is translated as Edward Adam Davis. Edward is the Christian name, Adam is the personal name, and Davis is the surname.
Some people also use their mother’s surname or the surname of someone close to the family as their second name. In the West, some people still use the father's name or the name of their father's generation, and add a junior (Junior) or Roman numeral to the name suffix to show the difference. For example, John Wilson, Junior, is translated as John William Jr., and George Smith, III, is translated as George Smith Third.
2. French names
French names also have the given name first and the surname last, and are generally composed of two or three stanzas. The first one and two stanzas are the personal name, and the last stanza is the surname. Sometimes the name can last up to four or five stanzas, and most of them are Christian names and names given by elders. But now there are fewer and fewer long names. For example: Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant is translated as: Henri Rene Abel Guy de Maupassant, generally referred to as Guy de Maupassant Guy de Maupassant.
3. Spanish and Portuguese names
Spanish names often have three or four stanzas. The first and second stanzas are the person’s name, the penultimate stanza is the father’s surname, and the last stanza is the father’s surname. The festival is the mother's surname. Generally, the surname is the father's surname, but a few people also use the mother's surname as their surname.
For example: Diego Rodrigueez de Silva y Velasquez is translated as Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez, de is the preposition, Silva is the father's surname, y is the conjunction "and "Velasquez is the mother's surname.
Married women often drop their mother's surname and add their husband's surname. Usually the verbal address is often the father's surname, or the first name plus the father's surname. Such as Francisco Franco, the former head of state of Spain.
His full name is: Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teodulo Franco Bahamonde. The first four stanzas are the personal name, the penultimate stanza is the father's surname, and the last stanza is the mother's surname. When abbreviating, use the first name plus the father's surname.
Related knowledge
1. The earlier surnames originated from the Bible. Christian names from Greek and Roman mythology are usually not borrowed as surnames. ?
2. British people are accustomed to abbreviating both the Christian name and the middle name, such as M. H. Thatcher; Americans are accustomed to abbreviating only the middle name, such as Ronald W. Reagan. ?
3. Sometimes there is an interpersonal title before the name, such as position and military rank. Dr., Prof., Pres. can be used before the surname or the given name; Sir can only be used before the given name or the given name.
The general structure of an English name is: Christian name, self-given name, and surname. Such as William Jafferson Clinton. But in many cases, the middle name is often omitted, such as George Bush, and many people prefer to use nicknames instead of formal given names, such as Bill Clinton.