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and its culture are closely related. And the next chapter will focus on discussing this relationship. 3. English name and its culture As we have mentioned in the first chapter, language and culture are closely related towards each other. If we can have a better understanding about a culture, we’ll know the connotation of its language better. And by understanding a language better, it can also promote our understanding of its culture. The same is true with English name and its culture. We are going to take a look at how English names have been influenced by its culture and how it helps to present certain aspects of English culture. 3.1 Culture influences on English names 3.1.1 Christianity and English name The English and Americans believe Christianity sincerely, which has profound influence on English name. “Christianity originated in Province Palestine in Roman (now in the areas of Israel and Palestine). Its establishment was based on Jesus’ life, instruction, death and revival.”[6] “It has long history about 2000 years, and it plays different roles in different social and political lives.”[7] In the last period of Roman Empire, it spreads to the whole empire. “From the 3rd century A.D. Christianity became a noticeable social political force.”[8] And it played an important role in different social and political lives. Christianity’s great influence has permeated into many countries in the world, especially in these countries’ history, polity, economy, and people’s mind. After the 3rd A.D. Christianity deeply influenced European, even in the whole Western world culture. Therefore, in most English-speaking counties, Christianity has been playing an extremely important role. Religious consciousness sinks deeply into the hearts of the people. Not only the believers, but also the ordinary common people's lives have been deeply influenced by Christianity. From the middle and ancient times, the church then monopolized the entire society, and the Holy Bible became the primary armament of Christianity. Bible is made up of Old Testament and New Testament. Old Testament is Jewish classical book, it is the original book of Christianity, and New Testament is made up of some early Christian documents, such as Paul’s letters, the record of Jesus’ words and deeds, etc. Bible is not only the classical book of Christianity; it is also very influential in other aspects of western culture like literature, art, philosophy and history. The Holy Bible is the book which spreads broadly, and it is also a book has the most readers in the Western society. And it becomes the golden rule of life and the cultural cornerstone in the Western world. Because of the great influence of Bible, many English names originate from Bible or have close relation with it. Most of these names fall into the following categories: Names coming from the sages’ and the disciples’ names in the Bible: In England, the expansion of religious influence was great in the 12th century, and it was affected each domain in the people’s lives. Therefore, more and more people selected the sages’ names in the Holy Bible to name themselves and their children. In order to express the irreverence to God, in 16th century, the Roman Catholicism stipulated that when the believer baptized, the first name must be selected from the Holy Bible. Jesus Christ has 12 disciples such as Mathew, Peter, James, etc.，all of their names are common except the rebel Juda. According to the statistics of personal