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3277:Korean names
3182:Signum manus
3170:Royal cypher
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3120:Nomen nescio
3118:
3114:Nomenclature
3109:Naming taboo
2921:Professional
2764:of authority
2714:Saint's name
2379:Scandinavian
2001:Muslim world
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1497:anthroponymy
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150:Hanyu Pinyin
126:Chinese name
104:
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3155:Proper name
3077:Name change
2931:Educational
2909:Substantive
2848:decorations
2731:Jewish name
2726:Dharma name
2691:By religion
2356:Hongkongese
2181:Australasia
2021:Azerbaijani
1754:Regnal name
1735:Temple name
1565:Middle name
1553:By sequence
1530:Matrilineal
1526:Patrilineal
1264:Hồ Chí Minh
940:Zhūgé Liàng
708:Family name
666:Northern Qi
543:'s: Zimei (
478:Qin dynasty
437:during the
427:Qin dynasty
234:Korean name
69:introducing
3256:Categories
3148:Identifier
3131:Onomastics
3072:Legal name
3052:Deadnaming
2948:Diplomatic
2904:Subsidiary
2899:Hereditary
2790:Diplomatic
2709:Papal name
2618:Indonesian
2584:South Asia
2580:Indosphere
2546:Macedonian
2519:Belarusian
2426:Portuguese
2268:Lithuanian
2162:Zimbabwean
1958:Vietnamese
1918:Generation
1885:East Asian
1873:By culture
1847:Stage name
1804:Hypocorism
1769:Pseudonyms
1759:Slave name
1710:Birth name
1662:Teknonymic
1643:Patronymic
1623:Matronymic
1586:Diminutive
1560:First name
1516:Given name
1511:Birth name
1412:2024-08-05
1314:References
1292:Yeohae 汝諧
1228:Máo Zédōng
1137:Chónghuàn
821:Chángqīng
711:Given name
680:Vietnamese
662:Yan Zhitui
653:, Jìzuǒ).
482:disyllabic
467:given name
416:pseudonyms
385:style name
170:(piao)-tzu
164:Wade–Giles
77:March 2015
52:references
3160:Signature
3047:Call sign
3023:Anonymity
2958:Religious
2884:Chivalric
2805:Religious
2800:Judiciary
2785:Honorific
2768:of honour
2667:Sinhalese
2657:Pakistani
2642:Malaysian
2637:Cambodian
2541:Kashubian
2533:Ukrainian
2498:Bulgarian
2437:Praenomen
2374:Icelandic
2245:Hungarian
2046:Pakistani
1981:Mongolian
1835:Ring name
1828:Heteronym
1794:Nicknames
1715:Code name
1667:Toponymic
1657:Sobriquet
1633:Mononymic
1628:Metonymic
1570:Last name
1289:Sunsin 舜臣
1048:Sū Dōngpō
965:Kǒngmíng
893:Yúncháng
757:Confucius
673:sinicized
645:Sun Kuang
623:, Bófú),
551:Confucius
500:romanized
420:pen names
412:art names
156:(biǎo) zì
3246:Language
3177:Khelrtva
3165:Monogram
3126:Misnomer
3104:Namesake
3038:National
2995:Name day
2953:Judicial
2943:Business
2936:Honorary
2926:Academic
2916:Military
2889:Courtesy
2874:Academic
2839:Academic
2829:Emeritus
2632:Javanese
2613:Filipino
2598:Balinese
2566:Suffixes
2503:Croatian
2466:Romanian
2451:Cognomen
2349:Canadian
2335:American
2316:Germanic
2301:Scottish
2219:Georgian
2209:Estonian
2194:Armenian
2189:Albanian
2147:Ghanaian
2104:Hawaiian
2041:Mandaean
1948:Okinawan
1933:Japanese
1904:Courtesy
1864:Username
1857:Mononyms
1823:Pen name
1809:Monarchs
1782:Art name
1725:Necronym
1705:Aptronym
1618:Eponymic
1579:By trait
1306:Cognomen
1299:See also
1281:I Sunsin
1269:Nguyễn 阮
1192:Táng Yín
976:Zhào Yún
783:Zhòngní
755:Kǒngzǐ (
698:Examples
684:Japanese
625:Sun Quan
611:Sun Jian
315:Hiragana
193:biểu tự
3220:Portals
3097:Surname
3018:Acronym
3011:Related
2990:Baptism
2624:Chinese
2608:Burmese
2603:Bengali
2556:Serbian
2526:Russian
2471:Spanish
2458:Agnomen
2421:Occitan
2416:Italian
2406:Catalan
2398:Romance
2385:Swedish
2329:English
2286:Cornish
2263:Latvian
2237:Cypriot
2214:Finnish
2127:Ashanti
2086:Oceania
2076:Turkish
2056:Persian
2051:Pashtun
2026:Bengali
1991:Tibetan
1898:Chinese
1841:Shikona
1747:Notname
1679:Patrial
1672:Surname
1649:Surname
1596:Epithet
1535:Affixes
1521:Surname
1253:Rùnzhī
1245:Zédōng
1145:Yuánsù
1109:Péngjǔ
1084:Yuè Fēi
1073:Zǐzhān
1037:Tàibái
1001:Zǐlóng
929:Xuándé
904:Liú Bèi
868:Guān Yǔ
857:Mèngdé
832:Cáo Cāo
795:Sun Tzu
793:Sūnzǐ (
745:Bóyáng
705:Chinese
692:Manchus
688:Mongols
676:Koreans
664:of the
539:), and
514:I Ching
435:Manchus
431:Mongols
410:Unlike
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