What are the characteristics of China people's names?

There are great differences between the names of China people and westerners. The biggest difference is that foreigners always put their names first and their surnames last, while China people, on the other hand, put their surnames first and their names last. Therefore, Chinese people often ask the origin of each other's names, which may be related to this habit.

In fact, there are still differences between Chinese and western names. Western names are basically X? The format of X is first name and last name, but this is not the format of all western names. Some formats are x? x？ X is a middle name, often the surname of other people in the family, and sometimes the mother's. For example, Gu Ailing, the head of the Winter Olympics in World War I, has a middle name in English, which is the name of her grandparents. Many people's middle names were handed down from their families, but later they changed their surnames, so putting the old family names in the middle of their names as middle names, most of them were the surnames of ancient European aristocrats, and those with these middle names were also descendants of aristocrats, which is also western culture. x？ x？ Maybe there are more cases of X, which is why so many foreigners have long names. Of course, the reason why English names are translated into Chinese is transliteration.

China people's first names are generally surnames, and there are many people with the same surnames. This is due to the history of China. At first, there were few surnames, but they all developed gradually. Therefore, people in China tend to pay more attention to their own names, and the probability of duplicate names is reduced. Behind the meaning of many names are parents' expectations. But the west is different. Few people have the same surname, but many people have the same name. Many foreigners only have a few common names, but their surnames are varied and there are middle names. Anyway, they will address others with one name. In a word, China people's first names mainly refer to their first names, while foreigners prefer their surnames.