East Asian name may refer to:

• Chinese name
  • Chinese surname
  • Chinese given name
  • List of common Chinese surnames
• Japanese name
• Korean name
  • List of Korean family names
• Vietnamese name

See also

• Generation name

Personal Names in Chinese culture follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western cultures. Chinese family name is one of the hundreds or thousands of Family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic Chinese given names ( Chinese: 名字 Pinyin: míngzì are often made up of one or two characters Unlike Western personal names there is great variety This is a list of the top 100 most common Chinese surnames according to a study published in 2006 in modern times usually consist of a Family name ( Surname) followed by a Given name. A Korean name consists of a Family name followed by a Given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea This is a list of Korean family names, in Hangul alphabetical order Vietnamese names generally consist of three parts a Family name, a Middle name, and a Given name, used in that order Generation name, variously zibei or banci, is one of the characters in a traditional Chinese name, and is so called because each member of a generation

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