The changing of Aboriginal names began in 1946 after the move of the Nationalist government to Taiwan. The Ministry of the Interior issued the "Revised Procedures for the Restoration of Original Names for Taiwanese," which stipulated that all Aborigines had to change over to Han Chinese names within three months.
原住民名字的改變始於 1946 年台灣光復後，內政部頒佈《修正台灣省人民回復原有姓名辦法》，規定原住民在 3 個月內必須全部改為漢名。