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Cambodian names almost always consist of two elements: surname + given name.[1][2] (In the Western press, however, some Cambodians indicate their names with their given name before their surname.[3]) There are no middle names.[4] Generally, women are given names of things of beauty, while men are given names of virtues.[5][4] Surnames are usually taken from the surname or the given name of the father[1] and are generally monosyllabic.[6] Common Cambodian surnames include Chey, Im, Kim, Lim, Mao, Ouch, Oum, Seng, Soeur, and Sun; Cambodian surnames are sometimes identical to Chinese or Korean surnames.[6] Women keep their maiden names after marriage.[4]
Cambodian people are called by their given names without a title (informal) or by their given names with a title (formal); surnames are not a usual form of address.[4][2] (Surnames are used as a form of address, however, in the case of names that originated as revolutionary aliases. For example, Pol Pot would be addressed as Pol.[2])
Different naming traditions exist among ethnic groups other than the Khmer majority. Hmong hill tribes use a given name + family name pattern.[1] Among the Muslim minority, Arabic names are often used as family names.[1]
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