During the epidemic, the birth of new life often makes people particularly happy. Not long ago, a 90-year-old couple in Jiangsu liked to talk about quadruplets.
The baby’s baby names were given by doctors, namely Zhan Zhanzhan, Yiyi, Xinxin, and Xinxin, which are homophonic to “new life from war and epidemic”; after the collective wisdom of netizens, the names were also Not bad: Zoe, Guoer, Jiashan, Yousi. The first word together means "Cheer for the motherland", and the latter word is directly the homophony of "1234".
As early as January, a birth certificate with the baby's name "Wearing a Mask" was also widely circulated online. It’s really surprising: a name can be so popular?
After the incident, it was rumored that this photo was actually photoshopped.
The hero and heroine of a romance novel? Where did the name Explosion come from?
When it comes to naming newborns, the most popular ones are probably the "romantic" and "fairy" styles that have become popular in recent years: boys are named Zirui, Zixuan, and Yu Jun, and girls are named after The names Ziqing, Zhiqing and Yutong are at the top of the list of popular names.
Swipe your finger left to check popular names for girls.
Many popular names are similar and sound more like different combinations of popular words, including many homophones.
Some netizens joked, “Three years later, when these children entered the kindergarten, Zixuan robbed Zixuan’s toys, spilled Zixuan’s milk, had a fight with Zixuan, and killed Zixuan. Xuan was frightened and cried. So how can a kindergarten teacher quickly distinguish Zixuan, Zixuan, Zixuan, Zixuan, and Zixuan?"
Is the word "Zi" really unlucky?
Among the words used in popular names, the word "zi" has been sought after by fans, attracting some sarcastic voices: "zi" means sub-ware, that is, coffin. It is really useful when used in a name. Is it good?
With this view, we only know one, but not the other.
Of course Zi means coffin, but as a material for making coffins, Zi is not an ordinary wood. First of all, catalpa is definitely an excellent wood. The name "catalpa" symbolizes a pillar of talent.
"Zi, good materials can be used to make utensils." 3354 "Shu Ji Zhuan" "Zi is the king of trees, and the wood that builds is better than Zi." - "Pi Ya"
In addition, catalpa trees can also be used to build houses and make violets. So why hold on to the coffin?
Wu, author of "The Scholars"
Similar to the word "子", many explosive words have elegant and beautiful meanings. As for those names that will be criticized, there are probably two points:
1. Although this word means elegance and beauty, it is full of a sense of heaping. The two words often have little meaning when put together.
2. The same words are picked over and over again, resulting in the child having the same name or a name with severe accent.
This only shows that today’s parents don’t have much ink in their stomachs, and their pursuit of beauty is still superficial. And this named road is like some ancient songs that are popular nowadays. They sound beautiful at first, but when you look at the words carefully, they often fail to withstand scrutiny. To put it simply, it is "pseudo literature and art".
The picture comes from Zhihu
Of course, the name Zezha is not unusual.
Wei people love metaphysics, and the word "Zhi" in metaphysics is sought after by others, so there are Wang Xizhi, Gu Kaizhi, and Zu Chongzhi.
In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were more people who believed in Buddhism, and their names were It is fashionable to have the word "monk": Wang Senqian, Lu Sengyao, Gongsun Sengyao Yuan
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, people were competing for names such as Jianguo, National Day, Patriot, and Love China. Later there were land reform, liberation, resistance to the United States, aid to Korea, the Great Leap Forward, surpassing the United Kingdom, surpassing the United States, and so on.
The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was built in the 1950s. At that time, many Wuhan people named it Jianqiao, Guoqiao, Hanqiao and Xingqiao.
The style of the name in each period is actually different. It is the mark of the times. As time goes by, when we look back at these names, we can still feel the spirit of that era.
The popularity of romance names is probably because children who love watching romance dramas and fairy tale dramas grow up. They admire those literary and artistic names and copy their own imprint on their children. When you open these names, they are all memories of your parents’ youth. Although this is not a big era, it is fulfilling enough.
How did the ancients name it?
In fact, Chinese should be the best way to name newborns.
After all, Chinese culture is timeless and Chinese characters are broad and profound.
The systematic naming methodology has been recorded as early as "Zuo Zhuan" and is called "Five Methods and Six Taboos".
The five laws are faith, righteousness, image, falsehood, and type.
The letters are named after the characteristics of the child at birth;
The meaning is named after the virtues; the elephant is named after a part of the body resembles something in nature; false , named after everything; class, named after something similar to its parent.
I am famous for my ears. It is said that he was born with extremely big ears. This is "belief in the Dharma".
Bigger than an ear, but I've never lost.
Confucius’ famous mountain may be because of the depression in the middle of his head, which looks like a mud hill. This is the "image method".
Have you seen the dent on Confucius’ forehead?
Among the five methods, the righteous method and the pseudo method are the least restrictive and can pin adults' expectations on children, so they are used more often.
The so-called six taboos are:
Don’t use your country, don’t use your country’s name; don’t be an official, don’t use your own official name; don’t use mountains and rivers, don’t use your own Names of mountains and rivers; do not use hidden diseases, do not use names of diseases; do not use livestock, do not use livestock names; do not use currency, do not use ritual vessels and currency names.
Among the "six taboos", except "no hidden diseases", the others are related to the etiquette system at that time. When the system changes, taboos cease to exist.
But now we generally believe that it is not appropriate to use words with too many meanings such as "Heaven" and "Good". The reasons are often given from a practical perspective: it is difficult for ordinary people to manage. On the other hand, doesn’t it also reflect the reverence for heaven and earth?
Remember him? A rather lawless child.
Of course, the Chinese naming method is actually far more than these "five methods", nor is it limited to the "six taboos".
The naming method of the four thousand girls "reborn after the epidemic" at the beginning of the article can be seen as an extension of "faith in the law". In fact, this is no different from names such as Liberation, Founding of the People's Republic, and National Day. It's just that the times are different. We might as well call this method "in the name of life" and it has to do with the time and event of birth.
In terms of names, there is good family tradition
In our cultural tradition, there is a unique naming method that is gradually being forgotten: naming by generation.
In the past, older families would write family traditions and mottos as "poems of generations", and each generation would be named with one of the characters, which would be passed down from generation to generation.
This method not only engraves the family genes in the name, but also reduces to a certain extent the trouble of racking one's brains and scratching one's head when coming up with a name.
And you may not expect that the most convenient place to name newborns is the Ming Dynasty royal family.
At that time, Ming Taizu set up a generation table for more than 20 children, each child had 20 words. For example, the Yan family: they are far-sighted, Hou Zaiyi is always there, they pay equal attention to kindness and kindness, and Emperor Jian Jing is the first to show kindness.
The king is the Ming Dynasty.
Another word is chosen in the order of fire, earth, metal, water, and wood. The name of each generation uses a radical, which is related to the next generation. It is called the Five Elements Method, which uses the power of the Five Elements to bless the name, which means life after life.
Renzong Zhu Gaochi was the leader of the generation; Youtang, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, next to Youzi's wood.
The five elements produce and destroy the chart
The five elements keep repeating, and the next generation starts with fire.
It is actually very convenient to name the children of the Ming Dynasty clan in this way: the stipulation is one and a half characters, just think of half a character.
Of course, this approach also caused a lot of embarrassment: as the family grew, many rare words were used, and they had to be remade after they were used, so many weird names appeared: Zhu, Zhu Tongbi, Zinc, Zhu Quanbe.
Later, although many descendants of the Zhu family gave up the Five Elements method, the naming according to seniority still continues to this day.
As a descendant of Zhu Chu, the 18th son of King Zhu Yuanzhang of Fujian, the word "Rong" in the name of the former prime minister is taken from a line in the King of Fujian's "Dai Shi": Tolerance likes Ben Cong.
This is actually a good way to name people
Changing names can bring new life.
Finally, let’s talk about changing the name.
Perfect names are rare, but bad names are everywhere.
I believe many people have encountered the embarrassment of having ambiguous names, outdated names, unpleasant homophonic sounds, obscure names, and the same names as others. If it really bothers you, try changing your name.
Of course, the scope of "name" is actually very wide. In ancient times, in addition to a person's name, there were often other titles, such as given names, which could be counted as "names".
So, why can't there be multiple names? Therefore, if we want to change our name, we do not have to change the name on the ID card, but we can replace it with a new name in our daily life.