NAMING AROUND THE

WORLD

Chinese Naming Tradition

There are many ways to
choose a name for a child. African-American Naming Tradition
The following are traditions
from three groups of Spanish Naming Traditions
people.
INTERNATIONAL FLUVIAL AND PORT NÁUTICAL SENA CINAFLUP
PROGRAM:
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
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COMPETENCE:
ENGLIS

MEMBERS:
LAIDA ROSA RAMOS SIMANCA
ARNOL MONROY NIEVES
ISAAC DANIEL MELENDEZ PATERNINA

TEACHER:
LUIS MARRIAGA
CARTAGENA 2018
 CHINESE NAMING TRADITION

Many Chinese names have three

parts:

The family And the

name (or last The given name
name) generation (or first name)
name
The last name The first name
comes from can be almost
the father´s any word in
family. The generation name chínese.
come from the
words in a poem.
 AFRICAN-AMERICAN NAMING TRADITION
Today in the United States, many
African Americans have European
last names.
Some choose
European first Some create a
names for their whole new name
children, but many for their child.
do not. Some choose
Some choose
Arabic
African names.
names.

Parents first choose

Other parents
a popular name, and
create a name
then they change it
that has a nice
a little to make it
souns.
interesting.
 SPANISH NAMING TRADITIONS
In Spain, a name
usually has three
parts:
The first name And the mother
´s last name
The father´s
last name

The mother´s last name

The father´s last name
goes only to one
is used from one
generation - to her sons
generation to the next.
and daughters.
Traditionally, parents give
their children the
grandparents´ first names.

They name the first They name the first Parents name the
and the second girls
boy after the father´s girls after the father´s second boy after the
after the mother´s mother.
father. mother. mother´s father.
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