The gens has special names or classes of names, which may not be used by any other gens in the whole tribe, so that the name of the individual indicates the gens to which he belongs.

• 氏族有固定的人名或几套人名，在全部落内只有该氏族才能使用这些人名，因此，氏族个别成员的名字，也就表明了他属于哪一氏族。