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Journal of East Asian Libraries

Volume 2003 Number 130 Article 4

6-1-2003

About Chinese

Sheau-yueh Janey

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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Chao, Sheau-yueh Janey (2003) "About Chinese Names," Journal of East Asian Libraries: Vol. 2003 : No. 130 , Article 4. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jeal/vol2003/iss130/4

This Article is brought to for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of East Asian Libraries by authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. CHINESE NAMES sheau yueh janey chao baruch college city university new york introduction

traditional chinese society tsu play indispensable role establishing sustaining prevailing value molding life individuals shaping communitys social relations orderly stable pattern 1959 clan consolidating group organized numerous components family members traced patrilineal descent common ancestor first settled given locality composed lines genealogical lineage bearing same family therefore family name groups real substance clan formed 1968 further investigation origin development spread chinese population genealogical family name materials essential study reason why anthropologists ethnologists sociologists historians devoting themselves study family names clan

article includes study several important topics chinese names details significance chinese names introduces types chinese names meanings followed historical development clan names generation names article concludes statistical analysis rankings population

significance chinese names everyone should name names used tokens distinguish between two persons name personal identification representation persons mentality recognition persons legal rights privileges persons existence chinese belief persons physical body die spiritual life live forever name chinese even believe name represent persons fate make person image thus good persons ill fate contemporary society where human relations public images gaining importance people sometimes form first impression someone interpretation implication persons name thus forms sounds meanings characters make name become major factors choosing auspicious name person lin 1988 unlike western names readily available choosing list chinese names selected much thought among thousands reason choosing attention should paid several major qualities good name should easy write remember pleasant ears eyes should propitious meaning good connotations

23 easy write remember pleasant ears eyes should propitious meaning good connotations besides these considerations another way choosing chinese name finding chinese equivalents english names based similarity pronunciation rather transliteration chinese characters example eva eve eveline evelyn share same chinese equivalents offiofyiyi huihul fr yi fafu liuabaarrJIMARA yi fu frg muriel myra myrrha myrtle share same chineseftequivalents ofmohofmomolimo 5fijiu molimo li XR mu rong XM muhmulimullmuilmu liH ajxjsyjj comprehensive list chinese equivalents english names may found book entitled what chinesenameChineseName lin 1986 types chinese names meanings hi ancient times chinese authors scholars always several names courtesy literary name tzu IE fancy name given themselves others ming 5 used writing publications school name ming frM 8 hsueh ming sisbis used fifirstrst period education official name kuan ming assigned person upon earning official rank lin 1937 course persons lifetime educational experiences personal tastes developed often gave himself another name signify academic progress meaningful contributions society therefore person may several fancy names haoscaos addition prominent person often addressed birthplace great emperors imperial officials posthumous shih ming feng hhao0 111V bestowed upon them death commemorate distinguished merit these names affiliations often cause confusion students readers chinese history literature

impossible cases use exclusively either personal name literary name since authors well known fancy names while others given names best way adopt particular name commonly used chinese literary works another common practice use tso hao V shu 1969 chinese authors first used pseudonyms fiction plays short stories folk literature common chinese author use later pseudonyms adopted often compilers editors show respect writer work many authors compilers early chinese classical works published eighteenth nineteenth centuries followed practice hi popular magazines newspapers many editorials articles written under pseudonyms reasons choosing use pseudonyms generalized follows

1 avoid creating dislike author controversial works 2 attract readers publications different appeal two articles appeared same magazine newspaper 3 maintain 4 avoid persecution political reasons

modem times chinese names rich source nicknames large number homophoneshomophones chinese allows transformationtransforitransform nation names various characters

24 symbolizing interesting individual characteristics person therefore meaning usage pseudonyms changed predominant use literary world popular use daily lives

surnames clan names chinese family names surnames used thousands years according ancient historical records surname system possibly originated before three dynasties ofhsiahsia 3zaz ca 22007002200 700 BC fm ca 170011201700 1120 BC chou jfog ca 11222211122 221 BC system carrying surname established legendary emperor fu hsi faf&IH 2852- 2737 BC chao 2000 scholars consider accounts legendary emperor ti iliclrilr ca 269725972697 2597 BC early chinese matriarchal societies possible sources chinese surnames 1994 originally two categories family names use surnames hsing ftkt clan names shih JK surname originated name village lived family belonged while clan name derived name territory might posthumous title bestowed death emperor individuals outstanding merit surname hsing ft used female member family word hsing combination characters female nilntiniimi birth shengtshengteshenshenggt hsing used primarily determine marriage between families hand clan name shih used

male side family members word shih means noble kuei tsu jllsqFVZ clan name given indicate blood ties social status therefore aristocrats nobles surnames andor clan names while ordinary people known personal names smith 1970 hsing shih became merged lost aristocratic association around chou j196 11222211122 221 BC dynasty during 221206221 206 BC dynasty early years succeeding M 206 BC AD 220 dynasty feudal system disintegrated power nobles weakened consequently chinese began adopt clan names even took clan names surnames practice adopting even called nai ming Z & ming hsiao ming JJS& milk name became popular since then surnames clan names used same sense lin 1988 generation names

core value chinese names preservation centuries old tradition treating names symbols family linkage given names must repeated generation another however part given name repeated family members belonging same generation louie 1998 parents quite ingenious transferring name tradition selection given names children

traditional chinese society generation names assigned progenitor clan each generation lineage given character generally taken propitious verse rhymes usually characters two character given name referred generation

25 name through adoption generation names progenitor aspired spread ideals verse throughout lineage lin 1988 generation names distinguish family rank person purposes hierarchy clan chance you meet someone originally your province outside your homehometowntown you cable identifying him your cousin even your missing brother bears same generation name yours even though first time you both met reason generation names foster familial relationships among relatives lets take my family example ho JW family lien hsiang renenennyffl clan hsiang hsiang jfllpmp5mpa county njgtamhambam province adopted following verse since generation my ancestor han kung yhffiaaffia

han chihchili jenfangjen

TT 9 12 R tien hsi tsai 111 JR N4i aiftaidt E123 hsing lung ytingyfingryting tai chang gihAIR j10 Vaih r3 hsien ssu 2mm11 ssu yen ffiafi VRIN fu kuei chia sheng chen afhimihimlMIMI yuan chuan shu hsiang these forty characters taken generation names forty generations beginning han M first generation through hsiang p fortieth generation names may used either first second word two character given names generation names carried solely through male family members my father ho tai lien llfsljwftv ranked nineteenth generation ho family while my two brothers chang shen HI1 FP chang hsiang mtshysmynigl succeeding twentieth generation family members generation names foster chinese cultural moral traditions promote virtue reminding memorizing persons family roots future generations through use generation names history heritage roots well preserved centuries surname rankings population united states china according tous census bureau data released march 2000 asian population united states numbered 10242998 least 48348.3 percent 6908638 1990 word asian here may encompass several ancestry groups including people china well remaining southeast asian countries springer 2001 overall every four americans now member minority group compared five ten years ago

many sources consulted chinese surname rankings united states including statistical abstract united states 2000 US census bureau 2000 name frequency list 1990 USU census 1 I1 chinese sounding surnames 1990 USU census 2

26 asian american demographics 3 china experience origin chinese surnames 4 census datafromdata 15 states huge asian jump springer 2001 well those found publications chen 1987 yuan 1994 2000

true ranking top chinese surnames impossible determine using data collected english U census bureau asian american surnames commonly known chinese non chinese example 4eae while others spelled differently depending where family originally came regional chinese dialects result different spellings name even written same way chinese typical example found lee lay laye leigh li mandarin le ly vietnamese same different li 4eae mandarin version oflaioflaslailal i0 too comprehensive list common chinese surnames variant spellings englishr currently being used chinese communities well equivalents chinese found book chinese american names tradition transition louie 1998

appendix chinese surname rankings US paper see pages 232623 26 provides chinese surnames united states ranked frequency first column shows each surnames variants chinese traditional characters second column lists main spellings based surname rankings 1990 US census succeeding columns VI v24 provides variant surname spellings english form

number compilations listing surnames current use made different stages chinese history jones 1984 during time five emperors 23 names recorded grew 130 names han ffiafi1 dynasty nearly 400 names existed tang lffjg AD 618907618 907 dynasty 2300 sung 5 AD 9601279960 1279 3736 yuan TUE AD 127613681276 1368 H 4600 ming HJ AD 136816441368 1644 nearly 5000 ching rpiapiT AD 164419121644 1912 dynasty liao 1990 book surnames hundred families pai chia hsing written northern sung sung AD 9601127960 1127 dynasty recorded afthfttotal 438 surnames 408 single 30 multiple surnames lin 1988 cheng chiao srjsajfffifx listed 2117 surnames comprehensive history institutions yungfungtungdungpung chih 3 cheng 1149 tuan lin 9msesii listed 3736 surnames general history institutions critical examination documents studies wen hsien tungkaitungkaotung kao xsihimitrimithi ma 1224 wilkinson 1973 chi sf0JT listed 4657 surnames supplement generalgenera1 histohistoryry institutions critical examination documents studies asahsahsii wen hsien tungkaitungkaotung kaofflkao i8kieklekiak3zazalm9lm wang 1603 chen 1968 during republic era hsien ching listed 3484 single 2032 double 146 triple character names total 5662 surnamestk book chung kuo hsing shih chi ephrpm &kisi teng 1971 chung kuo hsingshihhsing shih huipienhui pien ws&ksisi chung kuo 1984 compiled 57357300 surnames wang 1992 wang tsun ieejltlE j collected total of77207720 surnames book chung hua hsingfuhsing fu ttisrpvktttttatisells wang 1969 changes occurred rankings popular chinese surnames china past thirty years according 1977 chinese government statistics surname chang gK alone numbered hundred million time survey conducted 1982 chinese national census reported top four popular chinese surnames li 4eae 78787.8

27 percent wang re 74747.4 percent chang 71717.1 percent aqgqil percent additional popular surnames include chao ffiafi yen US chen PA ma MV kao AP p4pa i lrifhi hu 1994 taiwan ten common chinese surnames ft huang lirlifjir & chang K li 4 wanglwang wu a4aa liu aqgq tsai H Mt order 1987 taiwan census data reported above ten popular surnames comprise fifty two percent total population taiwan liao 1990 however 1991 statistics shown bsingabsinghsingshihjenshihjenshiujen kingyungmingyungmingyfingmingmingy fingyung teufentzufen hsiasithsitt ung chi ffisafflnwejt hsing shih 1991 pointed populous surname china during 1990s wang 3 while surname chang 31 slipped fourth position list today hundred common surnames china along hundred additional chinese surnames represented chinese american names louie 1998 following table shows comparative ranking status popular chinese surnames 1970s 1990s note according 1977 chinese government statistics shown right column first ten major chinese surnames ranked ten now make forty percent current chinese population below surnames ranked eleven twenty make ten percent chinese population succeeding ten names ranked twenty thirty make just ten percent chinese population together following fifteen surnames ranked thirty forty five surname fang 7 surname 2j these forty five make seventy per cent total chinese population rest surnames ranked forty six fifty three well many others listed table make remaining thirty percent chinese population surnames shown table wade giles form original surname listing 1991 chinese government statistics you may consult website top chinese surnames pincinpinyin 5 wade giles 6 internet surname rankings china

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30 90hsing2 91ni2 9292. yen2yena 93 yen2yena 94 gchang2 95jatkang1 9641nm2 97 M wan4wana 98tao2 99meng4 100bko3 list references chao sheau yueh J 2000 search ofyouryour asian roots genealogical research chinese surnames baltimore MD clearfield company chen mingyuanming adanydanyuan wang tsung hu 1987 chung kuo hsinghsingshihshih ta chilan kapkiLP nafeies&riinapki beijing beijing chu chen shao hsing morton H fried 1968 distribution familyoffamily names taiwan department sociology college law national taiwan university new york department anthropology columbia university east asian institute cheng chiao 110411621104 1162 1149 1983 reprint sung faf5f dynasty tungchihtung chih erpaiserpai chuanlffichuanmischuanniswitMISJ ff 5sH 1500 vols taipei taitaiwanwan wu ying shu kuan chung kuo hsinghsingshihshih huipienhui pien 1984 isffikiii beijing jen yu tien chu pan hsinghsingshihshihjenshiujenshih jen mingymingyiingmingyfingfing teufentzufen hsi clingt uneung chi 1991 ftjsaffltjfmtf beijing yayuiyul wen chu pan hu qianliquanli 1994 how distinguish catalog chinese personal names cataloging & classification quarterly 19 1 I1 296029 60 jones russell 1984 chinese names notes use ofsurnamessurnames &personal&personal names chinese singapore malaysia landukPepelanduk liao chao chih 2000 sociolinguistic study tainantaiwan chinese personal names nicknames english names taipei wenhowen ho chu pan liao fu 1990 T wantaiwanpaiwan paipal hsinghsingyuanyuan liu &mftt taipei tso wen chu pan lin huichenhui chen wang 1959 traditional chinese clan rules monographs association asian studies VII locust valley JJ augustin incorporated lin shan 1988 name your baby chinese union city CA heian international lin shan 1986 what chinese name singapore federal publications 1937 certain chinese names importance living new york NY john day company 42729427 29 yuan ma tuan lin 1224 1983 reprints effanyffan TC dynasty wen hsien t ung k 5iktgiet3zmlffivgieb 15000 vols taipei taitaiwanwan shang shu kuan shu austin CW 1969 modern chinese authors list pseudonymsofpseudonyms east lansing asian studies center michigan state university

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