Brazil最終版 2

1、 Whats your name? The answer can tell you a lot about your origin. In Brazil, both first names and last names transmit information about you and your family. And Portuguese names also are used in Brazil because of the Portuguese colonial rule(15001822).Patronymic: based on a parents nameEg: Joo o fi

2、lho de Mateus (John son of Mateus)Occupational: based on the persons tradeEg: Joo o Ferreiro (John the blacksmith)Descriptive or nickname: based on a unique quality of the personsuch as Joo o Baixo (John the short)Geographical: based on a persons residenceEg: Joo de Aveiro (John of Aveiro)Derived Fr

3、omBiblical names Eg: Jos (Joseph)Saint names Eg: Roque (Roch)Old Portuguese given names Eg: SoromenhoNative Brazilian namesEg: Araci, Caub1.2.Compound given names (names composts)Eg: Maria das Dores Isabel da Conceio given names coming from Native Brazilian origin3.Eg: Rud (love) Cau and Cau (sun)no

4、w very rare and their use represents the hippie cultureParents wanted to give their kids fancy foreign names, but when they got to the notary public to make the birth certificate of the kids, the notarial just spelled it wrong, so instead of Michael, we have Maikon, for William, we have Uilia. Awkwa

5、rd situations are just for the sake of being different or trying to go beyond our cultural traditions!1.Brazilian dont have many scared rules of the religious order. People there even children can behave unconstrained, think actively and communicate naturally.2. Optimistic and humorousThey prefer to use nicknames and diminutives. Brazilians love novel strange name, for example, a politician called himself Mandela of Brazil”, and used it as his official name.3.Creative and follow their inclinationsThey may got their names from words of a song, other countries names