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Naming Customs

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

Malaysia Naming Customs

India Naming Customs

For Further Reading

• Englished Names? Naming Patterns Among Ethnic Chinese Singaporeans by Peter K. W. Tan.
• Naming in Singaporean Culture
• 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.
• 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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Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:

• Singapore - Names, Personal