《The Comprehensive Book of the Eight Manchurian Banners' Surname-Clans (八旗满洲氏族通谱,ᠵᠠᡴᡡᠨ ᡤᡡᠰᠠᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠᠰᠠᡳ ᠮᡠᡴᡡᠨ ᡥᠠᠯᠠ ᠪᡝ ᡠᡥᡝᡵᡳ ᡝᠵᡝᡥᡝ ᠪᡳᡨᡥᡝJakūn Gūsai Manjusai Mukūn Hala be Uheri Ejehe Bithe）》 p.33
Manchu names are the names of theManchu people in theirown language. Generally, there are several forms, such as bearing suffixes "-ngga", "-ngge" or "-nggo", meaning "having the quality of";[1] bearing the suffixes "-tai" or "-tu", meaning "having";[2][3] bearing the suffix, "-ju", "-boo";[2] numerals[a][2][3] or animal names.[b][1][2]
The Jurchens and their Manchu descendants had Khitan linguistic and grammatical elements in their personal names like suffixes.[4] Many Khitan names had a "ju" suffix.[5]
Nikan (Han Chinese) was a common first name for Manchus.[6]Nikan Wailan was a Jurchen leader who was an enemy of Nurhaci.[7][8][9] Nikan was the name of one of theAisin Gioro princes and grandsons of Nurhaci who supported PrinceDorgon.[10][11][12] Nurhaci's first son wasCuyen, one of whose sons was Nikan.[13]
Stary, Giovanni (2000). Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz (ed.).A Dictionary of Manchu Names: A Name Index to the Manchu Version of the "Complete Genealogies of the Manchu Clans and Families of the Eight Banners" Jakūn gūsai Manjusai mukūn hala be uheri ejehe bithe Baqi Manzhou shizu tongpu. Vol. 8 of Aetas Manjurica. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.ISSN0931-282X.
Aisin Gioro (2004).Manchu language basic knowledge. Beijing: Xueyuan Press.
