Abstract: This paper,based on the introduction of the origin,types and functions of Aptronym,mainly probes into the artistic development process of character names in Anglo-American literature from personalization to label,symbolization and burlesqueness,and points out the rough corresponding relationships between personalized names and allegory literature,between label names and realistic literature,between symbolized names and romantic and modernistic literature,and between burlesque names and modernistic,esp.fanta...