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Page 1: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

What is in a name What is in a name ??

What is in a name What is in a name ??

Page 2: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• Do you know how Do you know how people people getget their names? their names?

• Do you know that Do you know that names have names have meaningsmeanings??

Page 3: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• In Chinese societyIn Chinese society, , a person’s family name a person’s family name (surname) comes (surname) comes firstfirst..

• In Western societyIn Western society, , a person’s family name a person’s family name (surname) comes (surname) comes lastlast..

Page 4: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• A Chinese person has a A Chinese person has a given namegiven name..

• The given name shows The given name shows the family’s the family’s expectationexpectation ofof the child. the child.

Page 5: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• The family may wish The family may wish their boy to be their boy to be foreverforever youngyoung and and healthyhealthy..

• The family may wish The family may wish their baby girl to be their baby girl to be forever forever wisewise and and beautifulbeautiful..

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• English-speaking English-speaking parentsparents may wish their may wish their child to be strong child to be strong likelike a a lion.lion.

• So, they So, they namename the boy the boy Leo because Leo means Leo because Leo means lion.lion.

Page 7: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• Many Many WesternersWesterners are named afterare named after Biblical figuresBiblical figures..

• Westerners also have Westerners also have a a family namefamily name, or , or last namelast name..

Page 8: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• There is one There is one major major differencedifference in the in the naming systemnaming system..

• A son may A son may be named be named afterafter his father or his father or grandfather.grandfather.

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• Similarly, a daughter Similarly, a daughter may have may have the samethe same given namegiven name asas her her grandmother’s.grandmother’s.

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• This is a western way This is a western way to to show love or respect show love or respect forfor that person. that person.

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• In contrastIn contrast, , each person’s given each person’s given name is name is uniqueunique..

Page 12: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• No one is allowed toNo one is allowed to use the given names use the given names of the elders and of the elders and ancestorsancestors. .

Page 13: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• What does your name What does your name mean?mean?

• Maybe you Maybe you would likewould like to to find outfind out..

• You can You can looklook it it upup in a in a dictionarydictionary..

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• societysociety• showshow• expectexpect• expectationexpectation• wishwish

• forever• wise• include• major• difference

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• easteast• westwest• southsouth• northnorth• westwesternern

• westerner• similar• similarly• respect• unique

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• allowallow• ancestorancestor• family family namename

• surnamesurname• last namelast name

• given name• first name• naming sys

tem• Bible• Biblical• figure

Page 17: What is in a name ?. Do you know how people get their names? Do you know how people get their names? Do you know that names have meanings? Do you know

• be named afterbe named after• the same asthe same as• in contrastin contrast• find outfind out• look uplook up

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