外国人姓氏趣谈

Something About Aliens' Surnamegroup number:Cao zhenzhu Jiang wenqiXiao rui Zhang yajie1.Surname of British•Early man who lived in the United Kingdom were born to just take aname, such as: John or Hilda . Atthat time, people lived together ,they coexistence in the smallvillage, so the name of John orHilda is not easy to be confused.•As the years passed, a smallvillage expanded into large villages,some large village into a town.Thus, there are several people inthe same place with the samename. So how to distinguish thepeople with the same name ?（1）name+profession•The first way is to add the professional name behind the original name.For example,they are two people called John, one is the Weaver (织布工), the other is the cook (厨师). People were called they “John the Weaver”(织布工约翰), John the Cook (厨师约翰).•similiar example later changed intoJohn the Miller（磨坊工约翰）John Miller（约翰·米勒）John the Shepherd（羊倌约翰）John Shepherd（约翰•谢泼德）John the Thatcher（盖屋匠约翰）John Thatcher（约翰•撒切尔）Such second name in English also the surname they used, and soonbe used by they children. for eg: JohnWeaver'schild may be called:Hilda Weaver (希尔达.威弗尔), Charles Weaver(查尔斯.威弗尔)and so on.(2)name + residenceIf two man in the same village both named Tom (汤姆), they can be distinguished according to their habitations, such as: living in a cliff Tom, homes closed to Wood Tom or in the fields Tom .So a series of name after residence appeared.英文姓氏英文字意汉译Wood 树林伍德Field 田地弗尔德Street 街道斯特里特Cliff 悬崖克利夫Tree 树特里Lane 小巷莱恩Bush 灌木丛布什Brook小溪布鲁克Pond池塘庞德Lake湖莱克Forest森林福雷斯特（3）appearance or somebody's son saying A：英文姓氏英文字意汉译Short矮的肖特Brown棕色的布朗Long长的朗Black 黑的布莱克B：This method can be used with the threename Henry:Henry son of John（亨利·约翰之子）Henry son of Robin（亨利·罗宾之子）Henry son of William（亨利·威廉之子）Finally, these names evolved into Johnson(约翰逊), Robinson (罗宾逊), Williamson(威廉逊).2.Surname in AmericaAmerican's given name is very easy,the number of girls' name isless than 500 and the boys' is about 800.However most of these name are copied from<Bible>,such asMary,John,paed withthey name ,it is complicated of their surname .US is a mixed strew of different nation, sodifferent culture,blood and language bringsdifferent surname.Despite five continents, onlythe immigrants of Anglo-Saxon from Britishisles will greatly widen your horizon. If we addup the surname from Japan ,Italy ,Germany ,French ,Arab and so on,there would be morethan 1500,000 surname in US.According to J·N·Hook's research,the big surname over 10000 is more than 3000 in US.the rank of US's ten surname is Smith、Johnson、Williarms、Brown、Jones Miller、Davis、Artinson 、Anderson、Wilson。

Smith ranks first and amount for 2000,0003.Surname in GermanySurname of German is more interesting than Chinese,because it's always another meaning.Maybe a kind of profession/animal/color/container. Eg:前总理“科尔”Kohl——“卷心菜”超级赛车手“舒马赫”Schuhmacher——鞋匠黑森州州长“科赫Koch”——厨师“爱因斯坦”Einstein——一块石头“巴赫”Bach——小溪（brook）“茨威格”Zweig——树枝（branch）1.Profession“磨坊主”（Müller）、“园丁”（Gärtner）面包师（Bäcker）、“裁缝”（Schneider）、屠户（Metzger）、铁匠（Schmied）、瓦匠（Mauerer）、木匠（Zimmermann）、农夫（Bauer）、渔夫（Fischer）、牧羊人（Schäfer）。

2.Color白（Weiß）也是姓氏，“褐色”（Braun）、“黑色”（Schwarz）、红色（Rot）绿色（Grün）3.Animal“狼”（Wolf）、“狮子”（Löwe）、“鸟”（Vogel）、“猪蹄“（Schweinefuß）4.Adjective“贵”（Teuer）、“恶劣”（Schlimm）、“聪明”（Klug）5.Special“杀手”（Killer）、“火灾”（Brand）“刽子手”（Schlachter）4.Surname in France1.Nickname is earliest used启蒙思想家卢梭,这个姓的意思是“红头发”，因为他的祖先很可能是长着红头发的人。

2.profession“邦尼特”---“制造女帽的人”,据说这个姓氏的家族最早的职业就是制造女式礼帽。

“布朗热“的祖先是开面包店的.比如“波比勒”意思竟是“垃圾桶”。

据考证，他们的祖先是造垃圾桶的人，所以就这传了下来.3.Appearence“鲁克斯”指“红脸汉子”。

如果你见到一个脸膛红红的法国人，说不定他就是这个姓。

“杜兰德”的含义则是“强壮而有耐力”。

显然，这个家族的祖先非常健康。

“珀蒂”这个姓的意思是“长得矮小”。

4.Location“米歇尔·莱格利斯”，就是“住在教堂隔壁的米歇尔”，因为“莱格利斯”在法语中是“教堂”的意思。

5.Status法国姓氏中的“德”字，是法国贵族家庭的标志。

例如出身没落贵族家庭的文豪莫泊桑以及前任法国总理德维尔潘，姓氏中就有“德”字。

在以前，法国人非注重这个贵族身份标志，甚至有人故意给自己取一个含“德”的名字。

5.Surname in RussiaBefore 14 century，Russians have no surname."surname" is imported during epperror Peter when learning from Western Europe.However,it is used by nobilitas without poor peopleEg:“戈尔巴乔夫”hampback驼背"，“普希金”含“大炮cannon”之意，“托尔斯泰”为“fat肥胖"1.The earliest surname rooted in river's name“库尔布斯基”,源于库尔巴河，意思是“住在库尔巴河边的人”2.Appearance or character“尔布恩．尼希”是“驼背乞丐”的意思；“别列科夫”最初是长浅黄头发的人的绰号3.Animal's name“扎伊采夫”（兔子）、“科罗温”（牛）、“乌特金”（鸭子）。

据说，古代俄罗斯人非常迷信，多传说中，某些动物、禽类不是呼风唤雨的神，便是点石成金的仙。

于是人们就以它们的名字作为自己的姓，以求具有那些“神仙”的本领，或者求得它们的保佑。