英国取复名的新生儿开始增多

时间：2015-08-28 05:55:03

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The double-barrelled first name has long been a hit in America; since names such as Mary-Lou and Betsy-Ann first became popular in the Fifties.

取复名在美国一直很风靡，在五十年代，像玛丽-卢和贝特西-安这样的名字就开始流行了。
 
While the trend for adding a hyphen has remained steady across the pond, it hasn't really caught on here...until now that is.
 
When the Office of National Statistics released their annual baby names list recently, Amelia sat pretty at the top of the most popular girls' names while Oliver was crowned king of the boys.
 
However, the lists also raised another emerging trend; the rise of the double-barrelled first name in UK-born girls.
 
According to research done by the Sunday Telegraph, more than 1,200 girls born in the UK had a double-barrelled name bestowed1 upon them last year, nearly five times the amount that were registered in 2000.
 
While boys names have also seen a similar trend, it has been on a lesser2 scale; just 328 boys were given two first names in 2014.
 
For the girls, floral-inspired names such as Lily-May or Amelia-Rose have surged in popularity as parents look to differentiate3 their daughters from the sea of Lilys and Amelias already out there.
 
Rose seems to be among the most popular name to be used with a hyphen; the Telegraph found that last year 245 variations of it were given with 225 of those coming in the form of Amelia-Rose.
 
Other, more American-inspired variations included Dakota-Rose and Destiny-Rose.
 

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1 bestowed 12e1d67c73811aa19bdfe3ae4a8c2c28     
赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
  • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
2 lesser UpxzJL     
adj.次要的，较小的；adv.较小地，较少地
参考例句：
  • Kept some of the lesser players out.不让那些次要的球员参加联赛。
  • She has also been affected,but to a lesser degree.她也受到波及，但程度较轻。
3 differentiate cm3yc     
vi.(between)区分；vt.区别；使不同
参考例句：
  • You can differentiate between the houses by the shape of their chimneys.你可以凭借烟囱形状的不同来区分这两幢房子。
  • He never learned to differentiate between good and evil.他从未学会分辨善恶。

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