In the kindergarten, Zi Xuan took Zi Xuan's toy, accidentally spilled Zi Xuan's milk, accidentally wet Zi Xuan's clothes, and Zi Xuan reported to the teacher. Let me ask you: How can kindergarten teachers quickly distinguish between Zi Xuan, Zi Xuan, Zi Xuan, Zi Xuan, and Zi Xuan? The phenomenon of high similarities of names is not a phenomenon that has only appeared now. How has the name of qinghai people changed over the past eighty years? What words do parents like to use to name their children?
A family of four sisters, all "on the list"
"My name is Yulan, my eldest sister is guiying, my second sister is called Yuhua, and my third sister is called Yuxiu." On February 9, when he said the name of his family, the 80-year-old Wang Yulan frowned and smiled.
"After being born, Aunt Ada gave her such a name. At that time, it was Aunt Ada who was called what it was, and I never asked why I took this name. In our time, there were many people named Yulan, Xiulan, and Yumei. Old Man Wang Yulan said.
The elderly Wang Yulan has four children, all of whom follow the "Wan" character of the family tree, so the daughter born in 1967 is called Wan Fang, the eldest son born in 1969 is called Wan Qiang, the second son born in 1971 is called Wan Gang, and the younger son born in 1973 is called Wan Xiong.
The grandchildren of the old man Wang Yulan reached the "Nian" generation, and the grandson was called Hao Nian, but the granddaughter was not named according to the family tree characters, but named "Zi Tong".
"Taking a name is a big deal, and I used to ask a master to take it, but now I can't manage it, so let the young people take care of it." For the change of name from generation to generation, Wang Yulan said.
Data from the Population Management Detachment of the Public Security Police Corps of the Qinghai Provincial Public Security Department show that "Magnolia" ranks second among the names of women born and settled between 1940 and 1949, with 1,704 people. The names of Wang Yulan's four sisters are all among the top ten common names used by women in Qinghai in the 1940s.
From 1940 to 1949, among the commonly used names of women in Qinghai, the top name on the list was Xiuying, with 1949 people, followed by Yulan, Xiulan, Guilan, Guiying, Yuying, Yumei, Yulian, Shengmei, and Yuxiu. Women's names are mostly around the words "xiu", "gui" and "mei", in order to express the meaning of gentleness and virtuousness.
The top ten common names of men in the same period were: Shengfu, Shenghai, Shenggui, Yongfu, Shengcai, Shengyuan, Shenglin, Yongxiang, Yongshou, and Shengxiang. It is not difficult to see that before the founding of New China, the people took wealth and wealth as the goal of pursuit, and male names often had "fu", "gui", "cai" and so on.
The founding of New China, the name has "home and country feelings"
If you have friends with names "Founding of the People's Republic", "Founding of the People's Republic", "National Day" and "National Strength", many of them may have been born after the founding of New China. At that time, the people were the masters, everyone hoped that the country would be strong and live happily, and the birth of new China would be celebrated in various ways, and adults would integrate joy into the names of their children.
Relevant data show that from 1950 to 1959, among the top ten common names used by men in Qinghai, the first was the founding of the Country, with 321 people. After the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the people of the whole country responded to the call of "resisting US aggression and aiding Korea and defending the family and the country." Many boys were born during this period, called "Defending the Country" and "Aiding Korea."
From 1960 to 1969, the top ten common names for Qinghai men were: Jianjun, Jianguo, Shengfu, Haisheng, Hailin, Haiqing, Yongfu, Haijun, Shengyuan, and Shenghai. It is worth noting that the word "hai" in the ranking list appears very frequently, which may be related to the "sea" of "Qinghai".
In the 1970s, whether male or female, the names were basically the same as those in the 1950s and 1960s, and there was no obvious change.
After the reform and opening up, the name gradually became literary and artistic
After the reform and opening up, people's education level and cultural level have generally improved, and children's names have begun to appear literary and artistic.
From 1980 to 1989, the top ten common names for women in Qinghai were: Haixia, Haiyan, Jinhua, Haiying, Lingjie, Caixia, Shengmei, Magnolia, Osmanthus and Spring Flower. The top ten commonly used male names are: Hailong, Navy, Shengjun, Shenglong, Yongfu, Shengfu, Haiming, Zhiqiang, Yongqiang, and Haifeng.
From 1990 to 1999, the top ten female names in Qinghai were Haixia, Caixia, Tingting, Haiyan, Yongxia, Xiaoling, Xiaoyan, Yuting, Wenjuan, and Yuping; the top ten male names were Yongqiang, Zhiqiang, Wenqiang, Guoqiang, Wenbin, Yongpeng, Haijun, Hailong, Guodong, and Shengqiang.
In the past two decades, the once common "cai", "fu" and "gui" have gradually withdrawn from the list of the top ten commonly used names, and the commonly used words for women's names have become "Xia", "Ling" and "Ting", and the common words used for male names have become "strong" and "bin".
It is worth noting that some parents, in order to hope that there is a boy in the family, name their daughter "Zhao Di" or "Lead Brother". In the ranking of female names from 1980 to 1989, the fifth "leading brother" has a special chronological memory. However, the name dropped out of the top ten common names from 1990 to 1999, reflecting a change in social perceptions from one side.
In the 21st century, the use of names and characters has changed greatly
The names of children born in the first two decades of the 21st century have changed dramatically.
From 2000 to 2009, the top ten common names for boys were: Wenjie, Junjie, Yongqiang, Shenghui, Wenbin, Wentao, Yongjie, Guoqiang, Bowen, and Wenbo. From 2010 to 2019, the top ten male names were: Wenbo, Zixuan, Haoyu, Wenxuan, Yuxuan, Wenjie, Zihan, Junjie, Zixuan, mingxuan. "Wen" occupies an important place in male names.
From 2000 to 2009, the top ten common names for girls were: Yuting, Wenjing, Haixia, Jingjing, Yating, Tingting, Caixia, Xinyi, Xiaoyan, and Wenting. From 2010 to 2019, the top ten common names are Xinyi, Yating, Zihan, Zixuan, Yanan, Jiaqi, Mengqi, Yuting, Mengyao, and Jiaxin.
In the new era, the repetition rate of children's names is reduced, but the similarity is increased. From 2010 to 2019, there were 383 boys named "Zixuan", 340 people named "Wenxuan", 644 girls named "Yating", and 365 people named "Yuting". These names also reduce the coincidence rate to a certain extent because of the difference in words, but the similarity is very high.
The most frequently used name in newborns
Among the most frequently used names in newborns in 2021, female names are Xinyi, Zihan, Jiaqi, Zixuan, Xinyue, Ino, Xinyan, Ruoxi, Ino, Yating, and male names are Wenxuan, Haoyu, Yuxuan, Zixuan, Haoxuan, Haoran, Junjie, Yuze, yichen.
Whether male or female, the names of newborns in 2021 seem to be inseparable from the words "Zi", "Xin", "Xuan" and "Hao", even if they are different words, they have the same pronunciation. Although these names have changed greatly from the "Xiulan" and "Magnolia" of the 40s, the high degree of similarity of children's names has been reduced, and personality has become commonality.
After "22" has been born, it is not difficult to predict that for a long time in the future, "Zi Xuan and Zi Xuan fight, mistakenly injured Zi Xuan and Zi Xuan" such a situation may occur.
Author | He Yaojun Sun Ying
Audit | Warehouse
Editor-in-charge | Zhou Lihua