Editing Chinese name (section)

===Milk name===
Traditionally, babies were named a hundred days after their birth; modern [[naming laws in the People's Republic of China]] grant the parents a month before requiring the baby to be registered.{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}} Upon birth, the parents often use a "milk name" ({{zhi|c=乳名|p=rǔmíng}}, {{zhi|c=小名|p=xiǎomíng}})—typically employing [[Chinese diminutives|diminutives]] like {{zhi|p=xiǎo|c=小}}, <small>lit.</small> "little") or doubled characters—before a formal name is settled upon, often in consultation with the grandparents. The milk name may be abandoned but is often continued as a form of familial nickname. A tradition sometimes attached to the milk name is to select an unpleasant name, to ward off demons who might wish to harm the child.<ref>{{cite book|last=Norman|first=Teresa|title=A World of Baby Names|year=2003|publisher=The Berkeley Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-399-52894-1|url=https://archive.org/details/worldofbabynames00norm_1}}</ref>