Each Native Chinese Name Has a Particular Meaning Which Usually Expresses What a Father

· Each native Chinese name has a particular meaning which usually expresses what a father, grandfather, or himself hopes, wishes the name owner to be or to do. That is naming culture in China.

· Normally, When a baby is going to be born, his/her parents is to look up dictionaries, classics, poetry, etc to search a sentence or phrase, then extracts one or two words as his/her name.

· But, our latest statistics shows that the words used most frequently in a baby's names still follow a basic rule. That is,

Words for girl's names are those represent 'beautiful, flower, nice sound, girl, graceful, jade, pretty, bright, smart, etc'.

words for boy's names are those represent 'strong, powerful, gleaming brightness, shiny quality, brilliance, prosperous, flourishing, dragon, outstanding person, hero, mountain, gentle, mild, refined, etc.

· There is no middle name in Chinese naming system.

· It is considered bad form to name a child after a famous person, although tens of thousands might happen to share a common name. Similarly, owing to the traditional naming taboos, it is very uncommon in China to name a child directly after a relative.

· Siblings' names are frequently related. They will share one character if they have two-character given names or a boy named Song (松, "Pine") might have a sister named Mei (梅, "Plum").

· It is the norm that a married woman keeps her name unchanged, without adopting her husband's surname. A child usually inherits his/her father's surname, though the marriage law explicitly states that a child may use either parent's.