The sociology of your name

After birth of children parents are faced with both exciting and daunting tasks in choosing the names
of children. Sociologists are also interested in the meaning of names because they are trying to
understand the social works, identity, cultural works and how names assigned relate to individuals
opportunities and experiences in the society. The paper in context discusses the name Chang, its
socialogoical perspective and reflection in the society.

Part 1: discussion of the name chang

The name Chang originated 4500 years ago also known as zhang in Chinese variant. Chang was the
name of the son to the legendary emperor Huang de known as Chang Yi. Moreover the emporer had
two servants who used the name chang where it was adopted by other people. This Chinese name
means flourishing or prosperous additionally, people regarded it to mean ordinary or often. A fief in
emperor Zhuang xu dynasty also used the name chang and it was adopted by the ruling and its
descentdants. This name has been used in various parts of the world for example korea. North and
south korea have 33 clans belonging to chang family. It is believed that all chang clans in korea
originated from china’s ancestor chang ch{ou}pil who was born in 888. The ancestor ran from china
during the tumultuous period of the Chinese history and relocated in korea with chang sul-long.

The popularity of the name chang has been increasing overtime in the world. Chang families have
moved over the years settling in USA UK Canada and Scotland by 1841. Majority of this family was
found in USA in 1920 with California having the highest number of this family.
https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=chang

Part 2: Examining chang in a sociological perspective

Chang is a name that was associated with chang family rising from traditional to transnational. The
name has been associated with perfect Chinese culture of the chang family manor that attracts
tourists. Culture in the US for example has influenced the pronunciation of this name to chan making
it most common. Chang started as a masculine name but it has been impacted overtime by to be
used as a surname to female gender.

Other aspects of social world related to naming include socialization and social movements and
technology. Socialization involves the movement and interaction of people from different social
worlds and sub worlds. In this process they share names. Example is the name chang which found its
way in the US due to immigration. Social instititutions are also related to the naming of individuals.
Institutions act as a source of social order because they involve groups of people working for a
common goal. As a result expectations and behaviours of individuals may lead to changing of
indiduals names.

Reflection on the name

The personal thoughts of the perspective of names in general is that names are crucial in presenting
the identity of people. using names depict the family history, gender,social, religion and ethnicity of
individuals. Moreover, names are important cultural workhorses by using them to test for racial
segregation. An example is in the UK where department of Works and pension tested discrimination
by sending equivalents chances of job opportunities across the country using names associated with
minorities. It was realized that 74% of the minority groups were turned down as compared to white
candidates. Consequently, names act as a tool of displaying family-like characteristics which happens
in terms of sharing surnames or other social actors which use names to convey social meaning
towards a specific circumstance.