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1、SourcesofFirstNamesChristian
2、Muslim
3、Indian
4、African
5、EasternAsian
6、MoreLaterSourcesofChristianandEuropeanNamesMostChristiancountriesshareacommonsetofnames,althoughthosenamesareoftenpronouncedandspelleddifferentlyacrossthevariouslanguages.Themajorityofth
7、iscommonsetofnamesderivesfromeitherHebrew,Greek,Latin,oroneoftheearlyGermanic,CelticorSlaviclanguages.Animportantsourcehasalwaysbeenthenamesoffamoussaints.Thechurchstronglyencouragedthegivingofsaintlynamestochildren,andthisencouragementcontinuesinCat
8、holiccountries.SomeofthesesaintsappearintheNewTestament,wherethenamesaregenerallyeitherHebreworGreek.HebrewNewTestamentnamesincludeJohn,Simon,MatthewandMary.GreeknamesincludePeter,LukeandStephen,whilePaulandMarkareLatin.OthersaintsdonotappearintheNew
9、Testamentbutplayrolesinlaterhistoryandlegends,forexamplesaintsKatherine,Patrick,Anthony,BarbaraandGeorge.AlargenumberoftheseimportantearlysaintshavenamesofGreekorLatinorigin.OldTestamentnameswerenotcommonlyusedbyChristiansuntilrelativelyrecenttimes.N
10、amesfromtheOldTestamentarepredominantlyHebrew,andexamplesincludeAdam,Jacob,Noah,David,Jonathan,IsaacandJeremiah.SomefemaleexamplesareEve,Sharon,Leah,Sarah,Rebecca,RuthandMiriam.GermanicnamesspreadwiththeGermanictribesfromtheiroriginalhomesinnorthernE
11、urope.DuringthefirstmillenniaagreatdealofthecontinentcameunderGermanicruleandthustheirnameswereimportedintosouthernregionssuchasSpainandItaly.GermanicnamessuchasCharles,Louis,Henry,FrederickandMatildawerebornebytheroyaltyofFranciaandGermania.TheAngle
12、s,Saxons,andJuteswerethefirsttobringGermanicnamestoEngland.SomeAnglo-Saxon(OldEnglish)namesstillusedtodayareEdward,AlfredandEdith.AftertheNormanFrenchconqueredEnglandin1066,manycontinentalGermanicnamessuchasWilliam,RogerandRichardreplacedtheOldEnglis
13、hones.Mostofthesenameshavecognates(parallelforms)inotherEuropeancountries.InScandinaviasomeOldNorsenamesarestillused,suchasIngridandGustav.ScandinavianexportstotheEnglish-speakingworldincludeEric,ArnoldandRonald.CelticnamesaremostlyconfinedtotheBriti
