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1、 By Aniee，Amy，Jeri，CocouAbout author uAbout the text ulittle knowledge George Rippey StewartGeorge Rippey StewartMay 31, 1895 August 22, 1980He was an American historian, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley(伯克利). His 1959 bookPicketts Charge, a detailed his

2、tory of the final attack at Gettysburg (葛底斯堡), was called essential for an understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg.1 His 1949post-apocalyptic后啟示錄 novelEarth Abides創(chuàng)作的科幻小說地球忍受 won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951. The purpose of doing the The purpose of doing the research (research (Pa

3、ra 1-2)Tradition of naming habits in Tradition of naming habits in the US (the US (Para 3) 3)4 groups influencing family 4 groups influencing family names (names (Para 4-11) 4-11)Change of given names(Change of given names(Para12-20)12-20)lIn an anthropological account of any tribe, the manner of it

4、s giving of personal names is important. lNames are a part of language and represent a highly specialized part. (In particular, it has developed later.)1.inherit the English tradition (although this differs little from that of Europe in general) Three points :2.established during the Middle Ages 3.a

5、 personal name was dual, consisting of a given and a family nameType one ： Early settlers Since from the beginning the immigrants bore family names and since those names were already hereditary, the early colonists merely kept the names that they already had.Type two ： Native Indiansusually bore wit

6、h a single name(although this was often long and detailed in description) Changed:1, If an Indian was converted, he might take a Christian name, and then bear his old one as a family name. 2,many Indians simply adopted ordinary American family names. 3,In later times, many of their native names were

7、 translated Type two ： Native Indians說話的烏鴉”（Talking-Crow） 受洗“約翰” 約翰托金克勞（John Talking Crow）。 Unfortunately these colorful Indian names seem, on Unfortunately these colorful Indian names seem, on the whole, to be dying out. (the whole, to be dying out. (獨具特色的印第安名正在消獨具特色的印第安名正在消失失) )Type three：NegroesW

8、hile they remained slaves : a given name, a nickname, a given name with some distinction, such as Old Joe, or Big Jack“After freedom : like other peopleSuch as” Johnson (the commonest) ,Brown, Smith, and Jones.”Type four ：Later immigrantsthe frequent shortening of long foreign names has produced new

9、 names which presumably never existed in the old countries.人們經(jīng)常把很長的外國姓縮短，變成在原來的國家可能從來沒有過的姓。卡勞格洛普洛斯（卡勞格洛普洛斯（Calogropoulos） 卡勞亞（卡勞亞（Caloyer），），卡利亞果斯基（卡利亞果斯基（Kalliokowski） 卡利奧（卡利奧（Kallio） commonly a parent, chooses a particular name for each child. Usually this name is a traditional one, but sometimes

10、it may be made up Time: begin with Raleighs colony of 1587 1587年羅利開創(chuàng)的殖民地 John (23), Thomas (15), William (10) , Henry (7), Richard (7), George (3), and Robert (3) lanes (3) Elizabeth (2)約翰 托馬斯 威廉姆 亨利 理查德 喬治 羅伯特 珍妮 伊麗莎白 Source : Both John and Thomas are eventually Hebrew, 希伯來語 from the Bible. Discipl

11、e 信徒 Source : the Puritan colonies of New England. 清教殖民地 from the Bible. from the Bible. Samuel，Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah , Hannah , Abigail , Rebecca , Ruth, Lydia , Anna , and MarthaMeaningful 梅茜 （Mercy，仁慈）薩克弗笛薩爾荷蒲 格雷絲 像格雷絲（優(yōu)雅）這樣的名， 用的是精神和神學(xué)的意義，而不是體態(tài)的意義（Thankful，感恩），（Desire，渴望），（Hope，希望），（Grace，優(yōu)雅）Do

12、 you think that the name “Dwight M White” is strange?Let me tell youGiven name 中間名，自取名首字母大寫原來是markFamily nameEva: 來源于希伯來文的名字，是eve（夏娃）的變體。含義是生命。對大部分人來說，她是個優(yōu)雅魅力的女子，也是個有主見，性情直率坦誠的人。 Jeri :n. (Jeri)n. (Jeri)人名；人名；大部份的人認(rèn)為Jerry是高挑，友善，好玩性格極佳的人。有的人則認(rèn)為Jerry是個喜歡帶著金鏈子的大塊頭！ Coco：椰子樹；椰子椰子樹；椰子=coconut.=coconut.可可

13、豆 應(yīng)該是由于椰果的甜美的原因才轉(zhuǎn)化成了可可這個比較可愛的女英文名。 Aniee :Aimee 亦作Amy Amy:艾咪 來源于拉丁文，含義是：被深愛著的人,鐘愛的 這個名字的變形有Ami，Amie, Amiee. Abby :艾比，艾貝這個名字來源于希伯來語，它的含義是“父親的喜悅，歡樂之父”。在人們的心中擁有這么名字的一般是位身材嬌小、容貌可愛的女人，她文靜端莊，個性甜美，令人喜愛。 Ada : 愛達這一名字來源于古英語，Ada 是Adelaide的簡寫形式，含有“高貴”、快樂 的意思。一般認(rèn)為Ada是保守、樂于勤奮工作的女性。 Ann:安這個名字來源于希伯來文，有“優(yōu)雅”的意思，是Han

14、nah 的英文形式。Ann 這個名字讓人想到平凡的中產(chǎn)階級女子，她善良、踏實、勤勉、本性純良。 以職業(yè)為姓Example：古代的Smith（史密斯）是當(dāng)?shù)鼐用裰谱骰蛐蘩磙r(nóng)具、釘換馬蹄鐵的鐵匠，這在當(dāng)時是一種很普通的工作，于是Smith就成了做這一行的人家的姓氏。在父親的名字上加表示血緣的前綴或詞尾作為姓氏Example： 愛爾蘭人用名字前面加“O”的方法表示血緣關(guān)系；直接借用教名，如Clinton用描述個人容貌、特點的詞為姓Example：Brown 布朗 褐色 Grey 格雷 灰發(fā)以居住地或反映地名、地貌、環(huán)境特征的詞為姓 Example：London 倫敦 Brook 溪流由雙姓合并而來E

15、xample： Burne-Jones總的來說，英語中取名方法大致有以下7種：1采用圣經(jīng)、古希臘羅馬神話中的人物名。2借用表示動植物名稱、顏色、職業(yè)、性格、外貌特征及地域特征等的詞語。例如 Rose 玫瑰 Lily百合3采用父母親或祖輩的名字。4采用歷史名人的名字5采用文學(xué)名著中的人物名。6采用當(dāng)代流行人物的名字。7采用著名品牌為名。例如 Adidas 阿迪達斯 girls boysEmily 艾米莉 Jessica 杰西卡Hannah 漢娜 Taylor 泰勒Madison 麥迪遜 Jacob 雅各布Samantha 薩曼莎 Michael 邁克爾Ashley 阿什利 Joshua 喬舒亞Sarah 莎拉 Matthew 馬修Eliz