The last name is the family name. The first name is the given name. For example: Michael Jordan. Michael is the first name and Jordan is the last name.
1. Chinese personal names are composed of surname + given name. For example, if a Chinese person is called Zhu Jun, then zhu is the last name and jun is the first name.
2. In English, "name" is placed first, so it is called first name, also called given name. "Last name" is placed at the end, so it is called last name or family name, also called surname. For example, John Wilson is translated as John Wilson, where John is the first name and Wilson is the surname.
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The origin of English names:
1. Personal names
According to the custom of the English-speaking people, babies are generally baptized When the child is born, the priest or parents, relatives and friends will give him a name, which is called the Christian name. In the future, I can use a second name after my given name. The sources of English personal names are generally as follows:
1. Use the names of people in the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, ancient celebrities or literary masterpieces as the Christian name.
2. Use the ancestor’s place of origin, mountains and rivers, birds, animals, fish and insects, flowers and trees as the Christian name.
3. Different variants of the Christian name.
4. Use nicknames (nicknames).
5. Use word-formation techniques to create new Christian names, such as reverse order and merge.
6. Use your mother’s maiden name as your middle name.
2. Surnames
For a long time, the British only had first names but no surnames. It was not until the 16th century that the use of surnames became widespread. According to expert estimates, the entire English-speaking nation has as many as 1.5 million surnames. The etymology of English surnames mainly includes:
1. Directly borrowing the Christian name, such as Clinton.
2. Adding an affix to the Christian name to indicate the blood relationship, such as the suffix -s , -son, -ing; the prefixes M'-, Mc-, Mac-, Fitz-, etc. all mean someone's son or descendant.
3. Add affixes indicating identity before the Christian name, such as St.-, De-, Du=, La-, Le-.
4. Reflect place names, landforms or environment Characteristic, such as Brook, Hill, etc.
5. Reflecting identity or occupation, such as: Carter, Smith.
6. Reflecting personal characteristics, such as: Black, Longfellow.
7. Borrowed names of animals and plants, such as Bird, Rice.
8. Derived from the combination of two surnames, such as Burne-Jones.
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