The name reflects the cultural evolution of zhouyi

A British study attempts to explore the mysteries of the name of zhouyi.The study found that more girls than boys;Name of zhouyi affected by religious development, wish is for a reason.In a word, give the child the name reflects the change of The Times and the evolution of culture.

International herald article Poole, blyth, Alison Martin o (the coldplay singer, Chris Martin and gwyneth parr, the daughter of Troy miss) if a boy, parents probably will be a more common name for her.

According to this is published in the proceedings of the royal society, a study, the study tries to find the changing rule of the parents named the child of zhouyi.

Dr. Bentley study in the United StatesbabyIn the name of the different frequency.He found that girls name change frequency is higher than boys.In other words, parents named girl zhouyi more creative.The researchers found that girl born in the United States, with an average of 2.3 per 10000 people personal name not have been used before.For boys, the figure is 1.6.

The reason may be that this is the case in the last name is according to the paternal inheritance of society, parents named the boy of zhouyi by the traditional constraints, therefore, the boy often with their ancestors name repetition.However, these parents named her daughter of zhouyi is not so constrained.So easy to book names according to the characteristics of children and looks.

The amount of new name appeared not only related to child gender, also change with time.In the 70 s, boys and girls take a new name -- into one of the most common 1000 American name list of new name -- the ratio is higher, in the 80 s began to decline, in the 90 s to rise again.The change in the boy's name is particularly obvious, for example, called the jedi much more special (jedi) from the Star Wars series.In the 90 s, there are 184 boys under a new name to enter one of the most common 1000 americans name list, this is more than any other s in the 20th century.Bentley speculated that this may be because according to the family of zhouyi weakened the name of the traditional customs, it may also be because in the old testament name (e.g., Jacob, Noah) is the name of the new testament bible (e.g., John, Paul,).

In general, the child name pattern is a bit like a random list of mathematical model.Results most name frequency is low (such as Hannibal, eustace, phoenix and other names), only a few names are common (such as name John, David, Christopher, etc).

The nuptial particularly seems to change rule, of course, except the law about celebrity, because of this, the world suddenly more called britney spears.Taylor this name more astonishing, the name for the first time to enter one of the most common in the 1950 s the list of the 1000 americans name, in 1992 into the top ten of the most common American name list.

Celebrity effect not only affect the person's name, and may also affect the pet name of zhouyi.For example, when the movie "101 dalmatians" stage, many dogs are called dalmatia.But times have changed, now called the dalmatian dog is far from that year so much, like a man called John is not so much as before.

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