When it comes to the naming of people's names around the world, many people may not be unfamiliar. In our impression, the names of people in Europe and the United States are the naming method of "first name first, surname last"; while some Asian countries, including China, follow the way of "surname first, name last".
But in other parts of the world, there are countries that have very strange names. There is not only the integration and inheritance of culture, but also the rich historical and cultural precipitation of the local area, and in today's article, we will take stock of these interesting naming methods.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > First, the country named "Orientalized"</h1>
Generally speaking, the vast majority of countries in Europe completely follow the naming method of "first name before and surname last" in terms of naming. Except for some surnames that have their own national and national history and culture, the rest are almost exactly the same way, but only one European country is different, and that is Hungary.
In this Eastern European country, the local people's naming method is exactly the same as that of East Asian countries thousands of miles away, which is also "surname in front, name in last". For example, the famous Hungarian poet Petofi, according to the naming method of The Anglo-American countries, his full name is "Sandor Petofi". In Hungarian, the name is given "Petofi Sandor".
The question of the naming of Hungarian surnames has always been a matter of constant debate among historians. Many people once believed that the Hungarians were descendants of the ancient Huns, who suspected that they were Huns who had moved west as a result of the war. However, according to tests such as DNA, the Huns had no connection with the ancient Huns. The main reason why many people think that the Huns and the Huns are the same ethnic group is that the time of the migration of the Northern Xiongnu to the west coincides with the time of the emergence of the Huns; the historical facts of the historical destruction of the Alan Kingdom of the North Caucasus by the Huns are also consistent with the time of the demise of the "Yancai State" in China's history books.
According to scientific tests, the Magyars, the dominant ethnic group in Hungary, evolved from the Huns, but the Huns resembled the Turks, and the bones of the true Huns could not be found, and DNA testing could not be carried out, so it was impossible to prove that the Huns were Huns.
The Magyars are a mixed multi-ethnic race, and a November 2016 study showed that the ancestors of the Magyars before moving into the Carpathian Basin may have originated in southwestern Siberia and were mixed with many European races during the migration, especially in the Caucasus. Even Hungary's official definition of their own ethnic group is similar: the Magyars come from a nomadic people near the foothills of the Ural Mountains on the border of Eurasia.
Linguistically, Hungarian belongs to the Ural language family, which is very different from the traditional Indo-European language family. In The Ural languages, such as Khantic, Mansi, and Malian, their surname naming is consistent with East Asian cultural circles, that is, "the surname is in front, the name is last".
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, Myanmar without a surname</h1>
There is something special about naming, not only Hungary, Myanmar located on the Indochina Peninsula is also an interesting country in terms of naming culture, and the local dominant ethnic group, the Burmese, have one thing in common in name: there is no surname, only a name.
Many Burmese add an article before their name to distinguish personal information such as gender and age. For example, according to the change of age and identity, men will use the words "Appearance", "Guo" and "Wu" as their "surname", which means "younger brother, older brother, uncle". For example, the current President of Myanmar, Win Myint, whose full name is "U Win Myint", which means "Uncle Win Myint", represents a sense of respect. Similarly, there are "Wu Naiwen", "Wu Shanyou", "Wu Danrui" and so on.
When women name themselves, they will also use the words "Ma" and "Du" as their "surnames" according to their identity and age, meaning "girl, aunt" (aunt, aunt); sometimes women will also use "Ma" as a "surname" when they call themselves. Another example is the current State Counsellor and famous politician Aung San Suu Kyi, whose official name is "Daw Aung San Suu Kyi", which means "Aunt Aung San Suu Kyi", which also represents an honorific title.
Some Burmese men, in addition to naming themselves and their descendants in the above way, will add honorific titles and occupations to this basis. For example, "Deqindan" (deqin means master); "Połungki" (Bo means officer); "Saiye Modan" (Saiye means doctor).
According to statistics, the number of words used by Burmese people to take names is less than 100, and it is in line with the law through various patchwork, which sounds smooth to the ear. Therefore, there are often cases of duplicate names in the local area, so many people will add ancestry and occupation to the name to show distinction and distinction.
Among some ethnic minorities in Myanmar, due to differences in religious beliefs, some of them also have English names and religious names on their names. For example, the vice president of Myanmar, Henry Van Hti Yu of the Chin ethnic group, of which "Henry" is his Christian name.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > third, look at the suffix to determine gender</h1>
If you see a person's name but can't tell if he's male or female, you can find some clues in the suffix and composition of his name. For example, in Iceland in northern Europe, there is no surname like Myanmar, and men's names are usually named after their father's name with "sson" (sen or pine). For example, the footballer Gylfi Sigurðsson, where "Sigurz" is his father's name, when he has a son, then his son is called Gylfisson.
If it is a woman, then add "dóttir" (Dottir) after the father's name. For example, in Icelandic political history, the only female president, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, was composed of his father's name "Finnbogadóttir" after removing the suffix and adding "dóttir".
In Azerbaijan in the Caucasus, the names of the locals are composed of "first name + paternal name + relation word + surname". Among them, "oğlu" (oğlu) is added to the middle of the male name for the son, and the female name is added "kyzy" (kyzy) in the middle of the name to indicate the daughter. For example, the composer Rafiq Farzi oğlu Babayev.
In Russians and CIS countries, the addition of "evich" and "ovich" between names represents males; For example, Vladimir Ivanovich Kutuzov and Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova.
In Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, some male names are associated with "Ulu" (уулу) to mean "someone's son", such as the famous writer Toktogur Saterganov (Токтогул Сатылган уулу), which means "son of Satergan"; women are also "kyzy" (kyzy) like Azerbaijan.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
As the best carrier of a country's culture, the naming culture can not only reflect the cultural connotation of a country, but also reflect the mixing and development of different cultures. For those who want to understand the country's cultural practices, it is the best way to understand the country.
Resources
1. Chronicles of nations: Hungary
2. The Art of Naming
3. The Encyclopædia Britannica