How many names do you have?

Hi there! Well for me, I have only one name which is my full english name. Starting with english name and end up with chinese name :) Basically it goes down this way : English name, surname, chinese name all in a straight line :) I don't have any 'glamour names'.

I live in the Philippines and I'm a Roman Catholic. Since Philippines was a colony of Spain for over 300 years, and a part of the U.S for almost 50 years.. My parents gave me 2 Christian names. My first name is of Roman origin and my second name is of English origin.. Most people in the Philippines have Spanish names or more of Western origin. That's because it's been a part of our culture that we have adopted from the Spaniards and Americans. However, my last name is Spanish because my ancestor was a Spaniard. When I get married I would also carry the last of my husband.. so it goes this way: (my first name and second name) (my family name) (my husband's family name) it's nice to know that we vary from one culture to another... happy mylotting!

hi my self arman. i from Muslim cast and have 3 names. in home every one call me babu and from outside of family i am arman. and in friends group i am arma. i am fine with this name. because if any one use change this formation i am being confused who call me.

Hi John, I am a hindu and from India. I have 3 names - One from my Zodiac (I dont remember what it is but I am sure there is one here), then I have a Name that is what people know me by - It has my name and my father's/families traditional name, and then there is a nickname - my family members call me by that name. And yes, I have a 4th name too (How could I forget that) - theSids. It is a modified version of the name that my ex-Australian Boss had given me and since then, it has become my name on the Virtual world of Internet. I love this name the most.. As for the names that I have(the three above) all of them have this Hindu Religion embedded as my families name contains the a name for Lord Shiva.

Hello Sobia I have a name and surname, the surname shows our caste as goldsmith, no information on my religion, one can just guess that i am hindu from my name, but other religion persons can have this name too, my name came from the letter suggested as per my eastern horoscope based upon my time of birth and place of birth, date/month/year of birth.. My nick name BHUWAN came from my first name.. Thank you so much for this discussion. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead. God bless you.

I have a name and a surname. When a woman gets married she takes on the surname of her husband. She changes her name completely. Though the woman may opt not to change name or to append her husband's surname to her surname. Usually surnames in our country are tied to a place or island. For example, my surname is common in Guimaras Island and Pampanga City. Names of children could be anything. Although it is trending that children have 3 "first names" like for example Maria Christina Andrea M. Cruz. The first 3 names are collectively the first name. The letter followed by a dot is the middle initial or the first letter of the child's mother's maiden name (surname of the mother before getting married) then the last name is the surname. Our country, being predominantly Catholic/Christian, a lot of names are taken from the Bible

In England we have Surname (family name - usually the father's family name because it is traditional for the wife and children to take the husband/father's surname) and Forenames (or 'given' or 'Christian' names). People may have just one forename or they may have several (sometimes to honour or represent father, mother, a grandparent or even a surname which would otherwise be lost because it belongs to a female line). Occasionally two people might agree to keep both the husband's and the wife's surname and these will be hyphenated - as, for example, 'Lennox-Brown' (indicating that a lady with the family name of Lennox married a man with the family name of Brown). This hyphenated surname may carry on for generations but, usually, will stay as it is and will not get more complicated! I think that the object is 'distinctiveness' - there are many people called Brown (not all related) and quite a few called Lennox (again, not all related) but there is likely to be only one family line called Lennox-Brown. None of our names directly represent our race. I might assume, if someone's surname is unusual - Petrovich, for example - that their family originated in Russia or Eastern Europe and there are certain surnames which show what part of Britain the family came from (those beginning with Fitz-, and Mac- for example are usually of Scots origin, those beginning with Mc- and O'- are usually of Irish origin and there are some which are specifically Welsh). The principle of surnames or family names has only been prevalent in Europe since about 1300 and originated, of course, through the need to record (and tax) property ownership. Before that ordinary people (as opposed to the nobility) only had a 'given' name and one was distinguished from other 'John's 'David's or 'Richard's by being known as 'son of' or by one's trade, birthplace or physical characteristics. This is how surnames like Williams or Johnson (son of William or John), Smith (blacksmith or iron worker), Clinton (the family originated in a village called Clinton) or Black (the person may have had black hair) came about. Those people from a culture, such as yours, where names don't follow this pattern sometimes have problems when it comes to conforming to Western methods of banking and other kinds of registration. You don't have a 'family name' or any name that you can call a 'surname' and there is often confusion when it comes to the order in which you write your name. Perhaps one way to resolve this would be to choose the name that you are known by 'respectfully' - by your employers or in official documents - as your 'surname' and the name by which you are known to your family and friends as your 'forename', though even this has its problems if you have just one name!

In my country, it is customary to have a first name, and a last name, although you can have more then one, and a lot of people do. We also have a system of "birth name" and the name you use in daily life. An example in English would be if someone was called say, Jonathan, and in daily life, people call him john. With me, I have two names, one the name of my father's father, and the other the name of my mother's father. The name I use in daily life comes from the shortened version of theirs put together, which actually leads to another name which is common in my country.

I dont have those kinds of many name and all , I am having Just one name , may be it could be splitted as two Firstname and the Lastname !

Are you jejemon(people who use jeje in statements)? By the way I am Roman Catholic. I have 3 names my given name, mother's surname(from her father), and my father's surname. Usually that is the case to mostly all Filipinos. The many names happen in the given name. Being Catholic Women are given Ma. for Maria like Ma. Cammile. I had a classmate whose name is Maria Alexandria Elizabeth, that is just her given name. I only have one given name because my Spanish surname is long. It is usual in the Philippines to have spanish surname because we were colonized by Spain.

I have a Vietnamese name and I have an American nickname.

When I was a kid, I was upset because I only had 2 names: a first name and my last name. Everyone else I knew had a middle name too. I now use my maiden name as my middle name. It didn't occur to me to think about it from a different point of view until I read your post.

hiiiiiiii i'm harsha i've got many names kept by my friends, relatives, my mom, sister, brothers, like pinky, baby, harshi, and many more they have kept it with love.

My sisters have korean friends and they told me that they have other names. Like they have korean name and english name. Dunno if its true, but it gets me to thinking..wow, how would they use both?

I only have two names which the other one is my birth name and the second one is my Christian name. But I do not like both of them so I choose to always use my nick name which better and most people call me with that name. I never used my Christian name and I only use my birth name for formal things. Have a nice day

oh, my god. I really get confused about your name system. for me, I only have one name. I used to think that my name was not beautiful. but now thinking of your situation I prefer to have one not so beautiful name.

Im from brazil and i am catholic. I have 4 names. My first name, then 2 of my mothers and 1 of my dads. We dont really have a tradition here like in the usa. There its like always 3 freaking names i dont know why. First name, middle name and last name from your dad. Here we just do it however we like to do it. Thats why we are so much cooler ;)