常见的Names中西方文化比较.pptVIP

Activity (full name) Different names, different meanings Girls’ names Catherine—truthful, honest lady and loved by all. Lily—pretty and sweet like the lily. Dorothy: gift .how happy you are when a gift comes your way. Alice—kind Beatrice: joy. Bring happiness to everyone who knows her. Edward—protector. Help and take care of others who are weaker and younger than he. Richard—brave Victor—winner Charles—man of common people—a man who works on the land. Family names to show their origins Alias(别名): A name by which a person is called at other times, in other places, or on other occasions. false name used by a person who is doing something criminal. E.g. Peter Smith alias John Simpson, pen name: an assumed name. E.g. O. Henry = William Sydney Porter George Eliot = Mary Ann Evans Mark Twain = Samuel Langhorne Clemens An English name may denote a person’s social or family background. Mac or Mc : Scottish surnames. E.g. McArthur, MacDonald. McMichael. McMillan “mac” is the Gaelic for “son of”. Other familiar surnames of Scottish origin include Campbell, Fraser and Steward/Stewart/Stuart. Since the Irish language is also Gaelic, there are some Irish surnames also beginning with Mac or Mc. E.g. McCarthy, MacMahon, McMullan, or McNamara may well be the surname of an Irishman or of a person whose ancestor was from Ireland. All names beginning with O’ are Irish surnames. O’ means “son of”. For instance O’Brien, O’Casey or O’Neil/O’Neill/O’Niel can be the surname of an Irishman or of a person whose ancestor was from Ireland. There are also many Irish surnames beginning with Mul, for example, Mulcahy and Mulligan. Some familiar English and Welsh surnames like Edwards, Jones, Owen, Thomas and Williams, are of Welsh origin. Some English first names and surnames happen to have the same spelling forms, but with different origins. James, as a first name, came from the biblical name Jacob; and as a surname, came from the family name Jam