Abstract

This article is a preliminary research on comparing and contrasting some of the similarities and differences of naming methods and cultural backgrounds between China and English Speaking Countries. Research on naming cultures is useful and helpful for us to learn languages and further understand a country’s culture. A good name can give a person self-confidence, turn a person into successful career or add some self-confidence to a person’s talents. It will be easy for a person to make local friends and merge into the mainstream of local culture and society. The article also introduces and does some researches on some problems about naming, which occur in the development of modern Chinese society. It puts forward some views and suggestions on how to solve these problems.