March 27, 2007. China Rethinks Orphan Names.Chinese officials have been following the practice of giving children living in orphanages made up surnames. These names have ranged from party political choices such as "Dang" meaning "party," and "Guo" meaning "state" or in some areas, taking a syllable from the district in which the child was found, such as "You" from Youxian County (Hunan) or "Ning" from Ningdu County (Jiangxi). For children adopted abroad, these choices had little practical ramification because they receive the surname of their adoptive parents. However, for children remaining in China, these unusual surnames mean a lifetime of being labeled as growing up in an orphanage. For that reason several areas in China are dropping this practice and returning to more traditional surnames.
(Source: www.adopting.com)
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