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Names, Personal

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:

SINGAPORE - NAMES, PERSONAL

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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:
-:[[Chinese Naming Customs|'''Chinese Naming Customs''']]
-:[[Malaysia Naming Customs|'''Malaysia Naming Customs''']]
-:[[India Naming Customs|'''India Naming Customs''']]
-==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.
-*[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.
-*{{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.
-===FamilySearch Library===
-Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:'''
-*{{FSC|Singapore - Names, Personal|subject|subject-id=1174159597|disp= Singapore - Names, Personal}}
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- [[Category:Naming Customs]]