文学作品中人物的命名,常常具有特殊的含义,是作家在创作中根据一定的创作意图,为揭示人物性格、命运及其作品的背景、结局等的关系而给人物赋予特殊姓名。英美文学作品中给人物以特殊命名的现象五花八门,变化多端,但绝不是随心所欲,信手杜撰的,其中有着一定的规律。笔者结合具体的文学作品,谈谈自己的认识。 The naming of characters in literary works often has special meanings. The author gives special names to the characters according to certain creative intent, and reveals the relationship between the character, fate and the background and ending of his works. Anglo-American literature to give people a special name of the phenomenon of a wide variety, varied, but by no means arbitrarily, faithfully invented, of which there is a certain law. The author combines specific literary works to talk about his own understanding.