The most popular names in Great Britain Pupil

The most popular names in Great Britain Pupil: Marina Tikhonova 4 th form Teacher: Duplyakova M. V Novosibirsk, 2016

Hypothesis The choice of the names is related to the names of famous people from pop culture and characters from English literature The aim of our work is an exposure of the most widespread English names. A subject of research is a variety of the English names. A research object is a group of the most widespread English names. For the achievement of this aim we should decide next tasks: Ø 1. To give short description of origin and meanings of the English names. Ø 2. To analyze which male and female names are popular Ø 4. To conduct the sociological survey among pupils «What English name do you know? » and to interpret a result.

History of the English names

After the Norman conquest ancient British names disappeared. In 1313 -1314 there William the Conqueror were only 5 names in the list. The most popular names were William, Richard, Robert, Hugh and Ralph for boys and Mary, Joan, Agnes, Catherine, Margaret and Ann for girls.

Bible Also people gave names from the Bible. But then the church shortened the list of the names. The real name was the name given after baptizing.

Church In the 16 th century the puritans separated themselves from the church. It meant that they gave their children the Latin names but of their own.

Books

List of writers and names, becoming popular WRITER NAME W. Thackeray Esmond E. Lyon Edna G. B. Shaw A. Pope Belinda F. Sydney Pamela Candida R. Blackmoor Lorna L. Carroll Alice C. Richardson Pamela A. Tennyson Clara H. Spencer Clarinda

Typology of the English names

Typology of the English names • First name or given name—name that is given at the birth and stands first in the complete name of a person, for example, John, Peter, William.

Typology of the English names • First name or given name—name that is given at the birth and stands first in the complete name of a person, for example, John, Peter, William. • Middle name –It stands between the first name and last name. The second name is usually presented by an initial letter in the complete names, for example, Alan Charles Jones or Alan C. Jones;

Typology of the English names • First name or given name—name that is given at the birth and stands first in the complete name of a person, for example, John, Peter, William. • Middle name –It stands between the first name and last name. The second name is usually presented by an initial letter in the complete names, for example, Alan Charles Jones or Alan C. Jones; • Last name / family name – surname used by the same family members, for example, Smith, Higgins.

How do they choose the names ØThe influence of the fashion ØSocial status Ø A wish to be original Ø The influence of the religion Ø A place of birth

British Surnames There are 4 groups of the surname origin: ØAncient names ØThe place of living Ø A profession Ø Names that describe character or appearance

ANCIENT SURNAMES ØEnglish surnames, formed from the names Dennis, Henry, Owen, Walter Ø Surnames with “son” Richardson, Tompson ØScotish surnames with the prefix “Mac” Mac. Donald, Mac. Cartney ØIrish surnames have the prefix O’ O’Neal, O’Hara

A profession ØA lot of surnames came from the names of professions. We can divide this group into several aspects: ØThe surnames from the posts Ø The surnames from the agricultural professions Ø The surnames from the craftsman professions Ø The surnames connected with cloth trading