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| Most name choices are reflective of a Singaporean’s ethnicity and indicate whether a person is Chinese, Malay, Indian or Western. See the following Wiki articles:
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| :[[Chinese Naming Customs|'''Chinese Naming Customs''']]
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| :[[Malaysia Naming Customs|'''Malaysia Naming Customs''']]
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| :[[India Naming Customs|'''India Naming Customs''']]
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| ==For Further Reading==
| | There are two articles on personal names, one concerning the Chinese, the other the Dutch which can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog Place search under: |
| *[https://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/elltankw/names.pdf ''Englished Names? Naming Patterns Among Ethnic Chinese Singaporeans''] by Peter K. W. Tan.
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| *[https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/singaporean-culture/singaporean-culture-naming Naming in Singaporean Culture]
| | SINGAPORE - NAMES, PERSONAL |
| *{{FSC|504927|item|disp=Chinese names : notes on the use of surnames & personal names by the Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore}} by Russell Jones, (Selangor, Malaysia : Pelanduk Publications), 1984.
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| *{{FSC|676963|item|disp=De-voorgeschiedenis c.q. afstamming tot het ontstaan van de naam Cashin te Singapore}} by (Schiedam, Netherlands : [s.n.]), 1984. In Dutch.
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| ===FamilySearch Library===
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| Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''
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| *{{FSC|Singapore - Names, Personal|subject|subject-id=1174159597|disp= Singapore - Names, Personal}}
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