Cambodian names almost always consist of two elements: surname + given name.[1][2] (In the Western press, however, some Cambodians indicate their names with their given name before their surname.[3]) There are no middle names.[4] Generally, women are given names of things of beauty, while men are given names of virtues.[5][4] Surnames are usually taken from the surname or the given name of the father[1] and are generally monosyllabic.[6] Common Cambodian surnames include Chey, Im, Kim, Lim, Mao, Ouch, Oum, Pok, Seng, Soeur, and San; Cambodian surnames are sometimes identical to Chinese or Vietnamese surnames.[6] Women keep their maiden names after marriage.[4]
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.[4][2] (Surnames are used as a form of address, however, in the case of names that originated as revolutionary aliases.)[clarification needed]
Different naming traditions exist among ethnic groups other than the Khmer majority. Among the Muslim minority, Arabic names are often used as family names.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Naming systems of the world" (self-published). Citing Huffman, Franklin Eugene. Cambodian names and titles. Institute of Far Eastern Languages, Yale University (1968). OCLC 20035170.
- ^ a b Short, Philip. Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. Macmillan (2006), p xv. ISBN 0805080066.
- ^ Kershaw, Roger. Monarchy in South-East Asia: The Faces of Tradition in Transition. Routledge (2001), p xiv. ISBN 0415185319.
- ^ a b c d Valerie Ooka Pang & Li-Rong Lilly Cheng. Struggling to Be Heard: The Unmet Needs of Asian Pacific American Children. SUNY Press (1998), p51. ISBN 0791438392.
- ^ Asian American Community Mental Health Training Center. Bridging Cultures: Southeast Asian Refugees in America. University of Michigan (1983), p98. OCLC 10431338.
- ^ a b Mary Fong & Rueyling Chuang. Communicating Ethnic and Cultural Identity. Rowman & Littlefield (2003), p40. ISBN 074251739X.
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