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1、AFewWordsonEnglishNameBriefIntroductionofEnglishNameIntheancientBritish,peopleonlyhaveanameornickname.Everybody’snameornicknamejustowntohimselforherself.Thatistosay,theirnamescouldn’tbecaughtonbytheirchildrenandgrandchildren.However,EnglishusedthesurnameaftertheinvadingofGerma
2、nicpeople.TheGermanicpeoplebroughttheirsurnamecultureintotheEngland,whenconqueredtheirland.JustasourChineseancientsurname,Britishsurnamewastightlylinkedwithfeudalsystemandpatriarchsystem（父系社会）.Onlydidthenoblehaverighttoownsurnames,whilethecommondidnot.Butastimewentby,thesurnam
3、ewaswentdowntothecommonsothateverybodyhastheirsurnamenowadays.ItisworthpointingthatBritishnamewaslargelyeffectedbytheGermanicpeople.Contents1.TheformofEnglishname2.TheoriginofEnglishname3.Thepresentationofrelationshipandoccupationbysurname.1.TheformofEnglishnameTheEnglishName=
4、Christianname+(Middlename)+SurnameExamples:HarryJamesPotterWilliamShakespeareThemiddlenameissecondname.Thisisgivenbykid’sparent,grandfatherorgrandmother.Notallpeoplehavetheirsecondname,somepeoplehaven’t.BeforetheGermanicpeopleinvadingEngland，Englishpeopledidnothavethesecondnam
5、e,andtheystartedtouseitinthe19thcentury.Thethirdpartissurnameorlastname,familyname.Thefamilynameisinheritedfromtheclan.Butwhengirlsmarrytheirhusbands,theywillchangetheirformerfamilynameintotheirhusband'sfamilyname.LikeourChinese,someBritishalsohavecompoundsurname.Inadditiontot
6、hesethreepartsofname,Britishalsohavenickname,pet-name（昵称、爱称）,andbyname(绰号）.2.TheoriginofEnglishname1).Thesurname：①thenameofplaces,residencesorcities，colorForexample："Sheffeild"comesfromthe"SheffeildPark"inSussexCounty,KentcomesfromKentCounty.②thenameofmountain,riverorspringwat
7、ersuchas,Bedwell,Cliff,andGreenhill.Thesesurnamesimplythattheirancestorsoncelivedbycliffs,riversormountains.③thelivingpositionsintheirvillagesoftheirancestorsastheirsurname.Forinstance,Western,Eastern,andNorthern.Butifsomebody’ssurnameisWest,East,NorthorSouth,thatmeanshecomesf
8、romthewest,oreastintheircountry.④namedafternationalities.E,gS
