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A name in Romanian consists of a given name (''prenume'') and a surname (''nume'' or ''nume de familie''). Surnames appear after given names in most Romanian contexts. However official documents invert the order, ostensibly for filing purposes. Correspondingly, some Romanians occasionally introduce themselves with their family names first, e.g. a student signing a test paper in school. ==Given names== Romanians have one, two or more given names, all being chosen by the child's parents. One of them, almost always the first, is used in daily life while the others are solely for official documents, such as birth, death and marriage certificates. Traditionally, most people were given names from the Romanian Orthodox calendar of saints. Common names of this type are ''Ion'' or ''Andrei'' for males and ''Maria'' or ''Elena'' for females. Given names with a Christian lineage have an identifiable English equivalent: ''Andrei'' (''Andrew)'', ''Constantin'' (''Constantine)'', ''Cristian'' (''Christian''), ''Daniel''/''Dan'' (''Daniel''), ''Gheorghe''/''George'' (''George''), ''Grigore'' (''Gregory''), ''Ilie'' (''Elijah''), ''Ion''/''Ioan'' (''John''), ''Iacob'' (''Jacob''/''James''), ''Laurențiu'' (''Lawrence''), ''Luca'' (''Luke''), ''Marcu'' (''Mark''), ''Matei'' (''Matthew''), ''Mihail''/''Mihai'' (''Michael''), ''Nicolae''/''Nicolaie'' (''Nicholas''), ''Pavel''/''Paul'' (''Paul''), ''Petru''/''Petre'' (Peter''), ''Ștefan'' (''Stephen''), ''Vasile'' (''Basil''). The attachment to the Roman heritage is sometimes reflected in Roman given names, for instance, ''Traian'' (''Trajan''), ''Titus'', ''Marius'', ''Octavian'', ''Ovidiu'' (''Ovid''), ''Aurel'' (''Aurelius''), ''Cornel'' (''Cornelius''), etc. The prevalence of given names follows trends, with some names being popular in some years, and some considered definitely out-of-fashion. As an example, few children born since 1980 would bear the name ''Ion''/''Ioan'', which is generally associated with the idea of an elderly man. However, such "old-fashioned" names are frequently used as (middle names). Compound given names are uncommon, with only one notable exception, i.e. ''Ana-Maria'' (sometimes spelled ''Anamaria''). In that case this is not considered to be two separate given names. Romanian male given names end in a consonant (''Adrian'', ''Ion'', ''Paul'', ''Ștefan'', ''Victor'') or in any vowel other than ''-a'' (''Alexandru'', ''Andrei'', ''Mihai''), with some exceptions (''Mircea'', ''Mihnea''),while almost all female names end in ''-a'' (''Ana'', ''Elena'', ''Ioana'', ''Maria''), with only very few exceptions such as ''Carmen''. This is most easily seen in the male-female name pairs: ''Ion''-''Ionela'', ''Ioan''-''Ioana'', ''George''-''Georgiana'', ''Mihai''-''Mihaela'', ''Nicolae''-''Nicoleta'', etc. The most common Romanian name is ''Maria'', with approximately 1.38 million females having it as one of their given names.〔(Gândul.info: ''România, generația 2010: Cele mai frecvente cinci nume de băieți și fete'' ) Retrieved 8 May 2012〕 Also, almost 1.37 million Romanians have ''Ion'', ''Ioan'' and ''Ioana'' as one of their given names.〔 The most common names are:〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.e-transport.ro/CELE_MAI_CIUDATE_NUME_LA_ROMANI-i41-news9188-p82.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.qbebe.ro/nasterea/dupa_nastere/top_10_nume_de_copii_in_2011! )〕 * For males: ''Gheorghe'', ''Ioan'', ''Constantin'', ''Vasile'', ''Alexandru'' for all males and ''Andrei'', ''Alexandru'', ''Gabriel'', ''Ionuț'' and ''Ștefan'' during the last 5 years. * For females: ''Maria'', ''Elena'', ''Ana'', ''Ioana'' for all females and ''Maria'', ''Andreea'', ''Elena'', ''Ioana'', ''Alexandra'' during the last 5 years. The given name can be changed on request, but it is necessary to prove a legitimate interest for the change (usually that the current name is a cause of mockery etc.). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romanian name」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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