 Nowadays most parents give Mongolian names to their children, often in the form of compounds consisting of two nouns or adjectives, representing qualities such as solidity and strength for boys or beauty in the case of girls.Generally, the Mongols (unlike their southern neighbours, the Chinese) have only one personal name, which remains the same throughout their lives.While clan organization remained important among the Mongols into the 17th century, clan names were not linked with the personal name in a family name system.