Names and naming practices Manchu people

1 names , naming practices

1.1 family names
1.2 given names
1.3 current status

names , naming practices
family names


the cover of 8 manchu banners surname-clans book

the history of manchu family names quite long. fundamentally, succeeds jurchen family name of jin dynasty. however, after mongols extinguished jin dynasty, manchus started adopt mongol culture, including custom of using given name until end of qing dynasty, practice confounding non-manchus, leading them conclude, erroneously, not have family names.

a manchu family name has 2 portions: first mukūn (ᠮᡠᡴᡡᠨ, abkai: mukvn) literally means branch name ; second, hala (ᡥᠠᠯᠠ), represents name of person s clan. according book of 8 manchu banners surname-clans (八旗滿洲氏族通譜), there 1,114 manchu family names. gūwalgiya, niohuru, Šumulu, tatara, gioro, nara considered famous clans (著姓) among manchus.

there stories of han migrating jurchens , assimilating manchu jurchen society , nikan wailan may have been example of this. manchu cuigiya 崔佳氏 clan claimed han chinese founded clan. tohoro 托活络 (duanfang s clan) claimed han chinese origin.

given names

manchus given names distinctive. generally, there several forms, such bearing suffixes -ngga , -ngge or -nggo , meaning having quality of ; bearing mongol style suffixes -tai or -tu , meaning having ; bearing suffix, -ju , -boo ; numerals or animal names.

some ethnic names can given name of manchus. 1 of common first name manchus nikan (han chinese). example, nikan wailan jurchen leader enemy of nurhaci. nikan name of 1 aisin gioro princes , grandsons of nurhaci supported prince dorgon. nurhaci s first son cuyen, 1 of sons nikan.

current status

nowadays, manchus use chinese family , given names, still use manchu family name , chinese given name, chinese family name , manchu given name or both manchu family , given names.

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