Han people have surnames, such as Zhao, Qian, Sun, and Li. Everyone knows all the surnames.
Tibetan people do not have surnames. They usually use four characters to make a name: Tashi Dorje, Tsering Wangdui, etc. The popularity of Buddhism has affected the names of Tibetan people. Many people's names have strong religious colors, such as: Danba - meaning Buddhism;
Jiangyang Yiyi Miaoyin means; Gelai One means auspiciousness; Duoji means Vajra; Qunpei means promoting Dharma or teaching.
The names given by Tibetan people all have certain meanings and express their own thoughts and feelings, which can be said to be rich and colorful. 1. Use natural objects as your name, such as:
Dawa means the moon; Nima means the sun; Baima means the lotus; Plum means the flower. 2. Use the day the child was born as a name, such as:
Langgang - the 30th day; Cisong - the third day of the lunar month; Cijie - the eighth day of the lunar month; First grade of junior high school. 3. There are also names for children based on the day of the week, such as:
Nima - Sunday (also known as "day", "sun"), Dawa - Monday (also known as "moon", " Month "explanation", Mima - Tuesday, Laba - Wednesday, Pubu - Thursday, Basang - Friday (also known as "Venus" explanation), Pianba - Saturday.
Some parents want to express their feelings in the names of their children. If the parents think they have too many children and want to end the birth, they name their children "Cang Mu Jue" (meaning to terminate) or "Qiong Da" (meaning to terminate). "The smallest". If the parents want to have a boy, they name their newborn daughter "Buchi" (which means "bringing a boy"). In order to make their children live longer, the parents name their children "Tsering" (which means "longevity"). When the parents got older and thought that it would be impossible to have another child in the future, or that this child was hard-earned and had died many times before, they named their children "Laze" (beautiful like a fairy) and "Rob" (meaning treasure). Some parents give birth to children who die more often and live less, so in order to make their children more likely to grow up easily, some parents give their children names very casually, such as: "Qijia" (dog shit), "Paga" (dog shit). Pig shit>, "Qi Niu" (puppy), etc.
Due to the above reasons, there are many similar names for Tibetan people, such as: "Tsering", "Danba", "Ba". "Sang" and so on. In order to distinguish, people make some distinctions in front of the name.
One is to add large, medium and small before the name, such as Dabasang, Zhongbasang and Xiaopingcuo.
One is to add place names to the names of people from different places. For example, "Duiqiong" and "Yadong" in Duiqiongwangdui and Yadongwangdui are both place names. "Renbu" and "Duilong" in Duoji and Duilong Duoji are both place names.
One way is to use the physical characteristics of the person at the end of the name to distinguish them.
Gelsang. Suoque - Gesang the kidnapper, Tashi Baza - Mazi Tashi; Danba Guoqin - Datou Danba, Dorji Xiaguo - Blind Dorje. The other is to use occupation to distinguish people's names, such as:
Maqin Cidan is the cook Cidan; "Baby", the male is called "Pudawa", the female is called "Pumudawa"; and if both adults and children are called Tashi, then the difference between the old and the young can be called "Bo Tashi" (Abba Tashi), "Puzhaxi" (child Tashi); "Toad Yangjin" (old lady Yangjin), "Pumu Yangjin" (girl Yangjin).
After liberation, with the changes in people's political life, there were also some new contents when naming names, such as: Jinzhu - liberation, Dama - red flag, Dejimeituo - one by one Happy flower.
In places such as Sichuan, Qinghai, Gannan and Qamdo in Tibet, due to the influence of Han names on Tibetan-Chinese marriages, names with Han surnames and Tibetan names appeared, such as: Zhang Wangdui, Li Ci Jia, Chen Gongbu, Zhao Renzeng.
Most Tibetan names are used by both men and women, such as: Dawa, Nyima, Basang, Tashi, Gesang, etc.; but some are strictly distinguished and are only used for women. Such as: Wangmu, Zhuoma, Zhuoga, Yangjin, Sangmu, Quzhen, Lazhen, Lamu, Cang(mu)jue, etc.