Cambodian name

Cambodian name

Cambodian names almost always consist of two elements: surname + given name. [http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/dance/webpjd/intro/worldnamexa-g.htm "Naming systems of the world"] (self-published). Citing Huffman, Franklin Eugene. [http://books.google.com/books?id=NqqbGwAACAAJ "Cambodian names and titles"] . Institute of Far Eastern Languages, Yale University (1968). OCLC 20035170.] (In the Western press, however, some Cambodians indicate their names with their given name before their surname. [Kershaw, Roger. "Monarchy in South-East Asia: The Faces of Tradition in Transition". Routledge (2001), [http://books.google.com/books?id=7GHpx6pTPlQC&pg=PR14&sig=rVqCKzRFHi6LWwd4Y_3MtoDq2I0 p xiv] . ISBN 0415185319.] ) There are no middle names.Valerie Ooka Pang & Li-Rong Lilly Cheng. "Struggling to Be Heard: The Unmet Needs of Asian Pacific American Children". SUNY Press (1998), [http://books.google.com/books?id=wZyIYK1M1ikC&pg=PA51&sig=RUydq7WW5ZIfNUvTBz9VrOSgQxA p51] . ISBN 0791438392.] Generally, women are given names of things of beauty, while men are given names of virtues. [Asian American Community Mental Health Training Center. [http://books.google.com/books?id=QElHAAAAMAAJ "Bridging Cultures: Southeast Asian Refugees in America"] . University of Michigan (1983), p98. OCLC 10431338.] Surnames are usually taken from the surname or the given name of the father and are generally monosyllabic.Mary Fong & Rueyling Chuang. "Communicating Ethnic and Cultural Identity". Rowman & Littlefield (2003), [http://books.google.com/books?id=lyy15odOFl0C&pg=PA40&sig=8_WAalpR0Va_WA-JrU18sawJILQ p40] . ISBN 074251739X.] Common Cambodian surnames include Chey, Im, Kim, Lim, Mao, Ouch, Oum, Seng, Soeur, and San; Cambodian surnames are sometimes identical to Chinese or Korean surnames. Women keep their maiden names after marriage.

Cambodian people are called by their given names without a title (informal) or by their given names with a title (formal); surnames are not a usual form of address.Short, Philip. "Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare." Macmillan (2006), [http://books.google.com/books?id=XW24koscGMkC&pg=PR15&sig=d6viYwqeWrqU3O6VXdVbEvBxeXc p xv] . ISBN 0805080066.] (Surnames are used as a form of address, however, in the case of names that originated as revolutionary aliases. For example, Pol Pot would be addressed as Pol.)

Different naming traditions exist among ethnic groups other than the Khmer majority. Hmong hill tribes use a given name + family name pattern. Among the Muslim minority, Arabic names are often used as family names.

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