Using place names as names
Using place names as names is a common naming method. The so-called birthplace (or ancestral place) naming method refers to the method of naming a person according to his birthplace.
This is another important way to name people, and it is also a relatively common naming method. This naming method is both simple and connotative. The place name used is often the place of birth. The name created using this naming method is a name composed of the abbreviation, pronoun, and characteristics of the place of birth, plus matching words.
For example, if a person is born in Liaoning, he is named Zhu Ning; for example, if a person is born in Beijing, he is named Jingsheng. Some are also named Yansheng, because Beijing is also called Yanjing. Of course, if a person was not born in this place, but likes this place, or has some fate with this place, he can also use the name of this place as his name.
Naming or deriving names from places and directions has existed since ancient times. In ancient times, Shennong was also called the Martyr clan because the Martyrs lived there. The Yellow Emperor lived in Xuanyuan Hill, also known as the Xuanyuan clan. Regarding Fuxi living in the east and Ji Zhi living in the west, later generations called them Taihao and Shaohao. The "Li" explains: The vitality is vast, which is called Haotian. If you grow in the east, the vitality will be great; if the west converges, the vitality will be small. Therefore, the Emperor of the East is called Taihao, and the Emperor of the West is called Shaohao. Nowadays, people's names and surnames are combined into one, and they are mostly named after their place of birth or place of origin. However, in ancient times, people were mostly named by a place of honor or an official title, that is, a surname plus a place name. In the former, the place name can only be the person's ancestral home or place of birth, while in the latter, it refers to the place name where the person was in office when he was an official. It is usually a place where the person has been an official for a long time, has outstanding political achievements or was demoted to the left, and has had a significant impact on his life. . Diwang titles and eunuch titles are generally not formal names, but are called by others, disciples or descendants. There are also phenomena of self-proclaimed names. For example, Zhang Qujiang refers to the poet Zhang Jiuling of the Tang Dynasty, because he was born in Qujiang, Shaozhou (today's Shaoguan, Guangdong); others include the Tang Dynasty writer Liu Zongyuan, known as Liu Hedong (from Hedong, Shanxi in the Tang Dynasty, now Yongji, Shanxi); Wang Anshi, a politician and writer who implemented reforms in the Northern Song Dynasty, known as Wang Linchuan (from Linchuan, Jiangxi); The Ming Dynasty politician Zhang Juzheng was known as Zhang Jiangling (from Jiangling, Hubei); the Ming Dynasty dramatist Tang Xianzu was known as Tang Linchuan (from Linchuan, Jiangxi); the modern reformist representative Kang Youwei was known as Kang Nanhai (from Nanhai, Guangdong, now Guangzhou). Another example is Kong Rong in the late Han Dynasty, who was known as Kong Beihai because he served as Prime Minister of Beihai; Tao Yuanming, a great poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, once served as Peng Zeling, so people call him Tao Pengze; , Cen Jiazhou (Cen Shen, a frontier fortress poet in the Tang Dynasty), and so on. The ancients expressed their deep affection for their homeland by referring to their place of residence or official position. On the other hand, it also reflected the traditional ethical concept of "if your parents are here, don't travel far away". Nowadays, people's naming of places mainly expresses their feelings for their hometown and reflects the influence of environment and life.
Or called by later generations, there is also the phenomenon of self-proclaimed. For example, Zhang Qujiang refers to the poet Zhang Jiuling of the Tang Dynasty because he was born in Qujiang, Shaozhou (now Shaoguan, Guangdong); others such as Liu Zongyuan, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, was known as Liu Hedong (from Hedong, Shanxi in the Tang Dynasty, now Yongji, Shanxi); Wang Anshi, a politician and writer who implemented reforms in the Northern Song Dynasty, was known as Wang Linchuan (from Linchuan, Jiangxi); Zhang Juzheng, a politician in the Ming Dynasty, was known as Zhang Jiangling (from Jiangling, Hubei); Ming Dynasty dramatist Tang Xianzu, known as Tang Linchuan (from Linchuan, Jiangxi); modern reformist representative Kang Youwei, known as Kang Nanhai (from Nanhai, Guangdong, now Guangzhou). Another example is Kong Rong in the late Han Dynasty, who was known as Kong Beihai because he served as Prime Minister of Beihai; Tao Yuanming, a great poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, served as Peng Zeling, so people called him Tao Pengze; , Cen Jiazhou (Cen Shen, a frontier fortress poet in the Tang Dynasty), and so on. The ancients expressed their deep affection for their homeland by referring to their place of residence or official position. On the other hand, it also reflected the traditional ethical concept of "if your parents are here, don't travel far away". Nowadays, people's naming of places mainly expresses their feelings for their hometown and reflects the influence of environment and life.
Zheng Banqiao, a calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, was born in Xinghua County, Jiangsu Province. However, he did not use "Xinghua" as his name. Instead, he chose "Banqiao" from an unnamed wooden plank bridge on the moat of the county. It is named after the word "bridge".
There are many people named after their birthplace in modern times, including many famous literati and performing arts stars.
The origin of the name of the modern Chinese painting master Qi Baishi is that he borrowed the name of Baishipu, a small inn less than a mile away from his home, and named it Baishi.
As we all know, Guo Moruo was born in Leshan, Sichuan, and his name was taken from the two rivers of Moshui (Dado River) and Ruoshui (Yalong River) in Leshan.
The eldest daughter of the famous writer Lao She was born in Jinan, Shandong Province, so Lao She named her "Shu Ji" (Lao She's original surname was Shu).
Xie Tian, ??a film director with a humorous nature, is a master at borrowing names from places. His name was named after a place name. Xie Tian’s original name is Xie Hongkun. The initial consonants of the pinyin letters of Hongkun are H and K (hongkun) respectively. These two letters together form the word "天" lying down. In addition, he was from Tianjin, so he was named "Xie Tian". According to the homophony of the word "天", he replaced it with "天", so it became "Xie Tian".
Film actor Chen Qiang, who is known for his negative roles, took another weird approach when naming his son. It turned out that he visited Budapest, the capital of Hungary, with the Chinese Art Troupe in 1951. After returning to China, his eldest son was born. To commemorate his successful performance in Budapest, he named his eldest son "Buda". Chen Qiang, who was quite a prophet, left the last two words of the name of the Hungarian capital to his second son. By 1954, the second son "Pest" was born.
The well-known female singer Guan Mucun was born in Muye Village (commonly known as Mucun), Xinxiang City, Henan Province, where the famous Battle of Muye took place in ancient times. The place was named Mucun.
There are also many places named after nicknames or nicknames. Hohhot City in Inner Mongolia is Mongolian, and when translated into Chinese, it means Qingcheng. Some people named the city "Qingcheng". Naming the child with the abbreviated name of the child's place of birth plus a word with a certain meaning will be more effective. For example, the birthplace of our country's female volleyball player Zhang Rongfang is Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Chengdu is also known as "Rongcheng". "Rongfang" not only points out the place of birth, but also contains a special connotation. Because "Fang" means "fragrance", it also means "beautiful".
There are 34 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and tens of thousands of cities, counties and towns in the country. People born in various places can use their imagination to their heart's content and add a certain name to the name of the place where they were born. Names based on the combination of characters, such as: Jiang Yu'e, Ma Yixiang, Zheng Wansong, Xu Ganxing, Teng Minnian, Hao Genchuan, Bao Xianghei, Rong Qieji, Menzhuhu, Zhu Chengyi, Feng Dajin, Zhang Yuanzhe, Liu Qimeng, Xing Zejin , Ji Dayu, Sui Zengsui, Qi Luwang...
The disadvantage of this naming method is that it is too monotonous, resulting in a large number of duplicate names. For example, those born in Beijing are often named "Jingsheng". ***, Wang Jingsheng... "Jingsheng" is flying all over the sky. If we can keep the character "京" and add more variations, it will be lively without having too many multiple names. For example, Wang Huaijing, Zhao Jingfang, and Zhang Aijing.
Within the scope of large place names, there are too many people, and it is easy to cause duplicate names if not done well. On the contrary, if the name can be named after the small village, community, small street, secluded alley, creek, hill, or bridge in the place of birth, the rate of duplicate names can be greatly reduced. Please see the following example:
Zhu Danxi, a medical scientist in the Yuan Dynasty, was born in Danxi Town, Yiwu County, Zhejiang Province, so he was named "Danxi".
The famous writer Xirong was born in Xipo Village, Pu County, Shanxi. During the Anti-Japanese War, he decided to join the army, so he chose the character "西" (西) in the name of his place of birth and added the character "rong" (戎) in "Congrong", so he got his name.
*** Chen Duxiu, one of the founders, the word "Duxiu" comes from the name of a mountain in his hometown - Duxiu Peak.
Modern scholar Wu Chengshi (pseudonym Yu Xiaobai), his pseudonym "Xiaobai" borrowed the name of his place of residence, Xiaobailou, Tianjin.
Taking the name of a place and adding some characters with special meanings to make it the same name is also a way of naming.
Liao Mosha (contemporary writer) was born in Changsha, so he took his personal name with the character "Sha".
He admired Guo Moruo's literary talent very much, so he combined the characters "mo" and "sha". In this way, both birthplace and emotion are included, which not only makes the name come alive, but also further reduces the possibility of duplicate names.
He Changgong (Chinese proletarian revolutionary)'s "Changgong" comes from the fact that he once worked in Changxindian. In this way, there is both a location and an "event", which greatly increases the amount of information contained in the name.
Not only can foreign place names be taken apart for naming, but they also have unique meanings when used alone. Below are the transliterations of many foreign place names (including country names), the first characters of which are certain surnames.
Please see: Manila, Malacca, Mali, Madrid... can provide rich materials for naming horses.
Sudan, Zurich, Suez... can provide sufficient reference for naming Su.
Others include: Tonga, Rome, Berlin, Philadelphia, Beirut, Ankara, Caucasus, Bandung, Havana, Angkor, Bangladesh, Pyongyang, Wellington... Available for soup, Reference for naming surnames such as Luo, Bai, and Fei.
There are many places named after places around us. As long as you choose the right place and choose the right words, the name will of course become famous.