Variety of Naming Traditions

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          The naming system of people in various countries has different traditions. Usually the naming of westerners consists of three parts, namely first name, middle name, and last name. However, in the South Korean people's naming system consists of two parts, namely the clan name or surname and personal name. Of course this is quite confusing for not native Koreans.

          In fact, when former American President Bill Clinton traveled to South Korea to visit with president Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly referred to korean president's wife as Mrs kim. President Clinton's advisers assumed that Koreans have the same naming tradition as the Japanese. President Clinton had not been informed that, in Korea,  wives retain their names. President Kim Young Sam's wife was named Shon Myong Suk. Therefore, her correct name was Mrs Shan.

          The clan or commonly called ssijong in Korean is not only in Indonesia but also in Korea. The difference in Indonesia is that the clan name is written behind the nickname, but in Korea it is written in front of the nickname. Korean women who were married, their names did not change following the husband's clan, but remained the same as the original name of the parents.

          Different from Mexican naming habits. When a woman marries, she still uses her maiden name and adds her husband's name after the word de (from): after marrying Tino Martínez, María González becomes María González de Martínez. When children are born, the name order is as follows: given name, father's family name, mother's family name. Tino and María's child Anita is named Anita Martínez Gonzáles. This affects how they fill out forms in the United States.

          In addition, the system of naming people in Germany is no less unique as Becker's name comes from Bäcker which means bread maker like the name of Boris Becker, a former German legendary tennis player in the 1980s. Apparently these names are indeed derived from the type of his ancestral work. Examples of other German names based on work are Examples of other German names based on work, Schumacher (shoemaker), Schweinsteiger (pigman / caretaker), and Weber (weaver). Because the naming of people in Germany is usually based on work, nature, first name of father or mother, and area of origin.

          Regardless of the Person naming system, we still have to appreciate the name which certainly has a certain meaning and purpose in it. The culture of giving a person's name every country has different ways and traditions, of course that makes the name of the people in the world have many types and their own uniqueness.

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