THE NAMING OF PLANG, ETHIC GROUP IN SANCHAROEN VILLAGE, MAE CHAN DISTRICE, CHIANG RAI RROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this article were to study naming characteristics, background and languages used for giving names of Plang ethic group in Sancharoen village, Patueng                        sub-district, Maejan district, Chiangrai province. Data was collected according to name list of one-hundred names in civil registration and interviews in the target area. The results found that there were four types of naming characteristics; 1. Birth’s orders and ancestor’s names, 2. Birth’s dates, 3. Individually outstanding personality traits, 4. Respected people. In terms of name’s background, it was revealed that family’s members had played a role of naming greater than those who were not. Most of the names were given by father the most, then followed by mother, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, and aunt respectively. The point that names were provided by male or father the most, it was relevant with childhood or youth names which came from father ancestors or male elderly relatives. This meant and reflected the patriarchy value in the ethic group while languages used in naming were Plang and Non-Plang languages which revealed the naming of Plang according to social and cultural contexts changes.