How are English names formed?

The general structure of English names is: Christian name+self name+surname.

For example, William Jafferson Clinton, but in many cases the middle name is often omitted, such as George Bush, and many people prefer to use nicknames rather than formal Christian names, such as Bill Clinton.

British names come from the following situations:

1. Use the names in the Bible, Greek and Roman mythology, ancient celebrities or literary masterpieces as Christian names.

2. Take the names of ancestral places, mountains and rivers, birds and animals, fish and insects, flowers and trees as Christian names.

3. Different variants of Christian names.

Step 4 use nicknames.

5. Use word formation to create new Christian names, such as reverse order and merger.

6. Take the mother's maiden name as the middle name. The common names of men in English-speaking countries are: James, John, David, Daniel and Michael, while the common names of women are: Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Ann, Sarah and Catherine.

Extended data

British surnames, like China people, are mostly put in front (of course, there are many surnames behind). China people's surnames mainly come from ancient fief names, such as Zheng, Zhao, Qin, Qi and Deng, while English people's surnames mainly come from cities, place names and their fathers' names.

The etymology of English surnames mainly includes:

1. Borrow Christian names directly, such as Clinton.

2. Add affixes to Christian names to express blood relationship, such as suffixes -s, -son,-ing; Prefixes M'-, Mc-, Mac-, Fitz-, etc. Both mean the son or descendant of so-and-so

3. Attach identity affixes before Christian names, such as St.-, De-, Du=, La-, Le-.

4. Reflect place names, landforms or environmental features, such as streams and mountains.

5. Reflect identity or occupation, such as Carter and Smith.

6. Reflect personal characteristics, such as: black, Longfellow.

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