{"id":17055,"date":"2008-02-07T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/more-than-ten-thousand-chinese-named-after-pigs-and-rats\/"},"modified":"2008-02-07T23:37:18","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T06:37:18","slug":"more-than-ten-thousand-chinese-named-after-pigs-and-rats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/02\/more-than-ten-thousand-chinese-named-after-pigs-and-rats\/","title":{"rendered":"More than Ten Thousand Chinese Named After Pigs and Rats"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Xinhua<\/a>, translated by CDT:<\/p>\n

“Pig” year is gone and the “Rat” year comes. Have you ever thought that there are Chinese named after pigs and rats? It is true. <\/p>\n

According to the Ministry of Public Security’s citizen ID service center, more than 7,000 Chinese names include “Pig” and more than 4,000 people have “rat” in their names. <\/p>\n

Twenty percent of the people with \u201cpig\u201d in their names were born in the year of the pig, while 54% of people with \u201cmouse\u201d in their names were born in the year of the mouse.<\/p>\n

“Little Pig” \u201cOld Pig\u201d and \u201c Golden Pig\u201d are the most commonly selected names. Guangdong province ranks first in China for more than 2,000 people with \u201cPig\u201d in their names. This is followed by Fujian and Shanxi provinces. Both have more than 900 people named after pigs. <\/p>\n

\u201cRat\u201d is a common name, but \u201cOld Rat\u201d, \u201cGolden Rat\u201d, \u201cJade Rat\u201d are popular, too. Gansu and Shanxi both have more than 1,000 people named after rats. Beijing, Shandong, Hainan, Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang have less than 10 people with \u201cRat\u201d in their names. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Xinhua, translated by CDT: “Pig” year is gone and the “Rat” year comes. Have you ever thought that there are Chinese named after pigs and rats? It is true. 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