Names. They are so important and they are associated with that specific thing or person that it has been assigned. One cannot call a man named Bill as Bob and vice versa. That is why it is important how these things work and what they are associated with. In the case of the United Kingdom, naming people is pretty much the same as everywhere else in the world. However, there are still some “rules” that immigrants should understand when it comes to names in the UK. After all, it is part of their culture and learning a bit more could help them adjust better and understand the ways better of the country that they are now living in.
Without further ado, here are some of those “rules” which
immigrants can use to learn more about names and naming in the United Kingdom.
Christian names
What immigrants need to know is that the first name of
people in the United Kingdom is also referred to here as a person’s Christian
name. However, it is important to keep in mind that despite it being known as a
Christian name, this is not connected to religion whatsoever. The Christian
name is then followed by the person’s middle name and then their family name
comes last. The family name is what most people would know as their last name
or their surname.
How children are named
Centuries ago in the UK, parents would name their children after one
of the members of their family. So there would be plenty of Roberts and
Williams and Victorias and the like. They were also named after religious
figures so there were plenty of Peters and Johns and Marys and such.
However, with the changing of times, parents also changed
how they named their children. Sure, there were still those who named their children
as people named them centuries before, but there were also those who did not
want to continue doing such. That is why in modern times, there are plenty of parents
who named their children with names that the parents liked themselves. So if
for some reason a parent really fancied the name Amelia, then that is what they
would name the child. It did not have to have a particular reason why this name
was chosen and it did not have to have any kind of connection to family or
their religion. There are also parents who chose to give their children the
names of famous people that they liked.
Changing names after marriage
As per tradition, a woman would use her husband’s surname
after they get married. However, in modern times, women have the option to
amalgamate their surnames. An example of this would be John Smith marrying Mary
Connor. Mary would choose to use Mary Connor-Smith as her surname. This is
known as double-barrelled surnames.
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