To be precise, it is not a "name", but a "title". I counted, except for "daddy", "son-in-law", "uncle", "uncle", "dear" and "old baby", there are at least 18 kinds of names that can be used to correctly refer to Mr. Jiang himself. Perhaps because Jiang Lao's time is too far away, the records of his name in ancient books are rather confusing. It is generally believed that his surname is Jiang, his first name is Shang, and his word is Ya. Some people call his word Ziya, while others think that Ya is his first name and Shang is the word. Anyway, we can call him Jiang Shang, Jiang Ya or Jiang Ziya.

There is another story that Jiang Ziya caught Zhou Wenwang by fishing, and Zhou Wenwang said excitedly, "I have been looking forward to my son for a long time", which means "my father has been looking forward to a sage like you for a long time". This famous saying was shortened to Jiang Ziya's new name: Tai Gong Wang. We can also address him as Taigong, Jiang Wang and Jiang Taigong.

Unfortunately, no matter Jiang Shang, Jiang Wang, Jiang Ya, or Jiang Ziya and Jiang Taigong, all the names that put the surname "Jiang" before them would never appear in the era of Mr. Jiang. This is because before the Qin and Han dynasties, the ancient people's surnames were separated, and men did not call them surnames, but mostly called them surnames.

The word "surname" originally contains two meanings: "surname" and "surname". As the offspring spread their branches and leaves, the same surname will be subdivided into different surnames. For example, Zhou Wenwang had a son whose surname was Ji, whose name was Ying. King Wen designated the place Zhao Shao as a "fief" for him to eat and drink, so he was called Zhao Gong Ying. Zhao Gongxuan later accepted the office of "Taibao" and was named the monarch of Yan State. After his death, the three sons inherited Zhao Gongxuan's fief, official position and feudal state respectively, so three "families" were developed: Zhao's, Taibao's and Yan's. But the descendants of these three "surname" are still "surnamed" Ji.