Did your parents give you an English name or Chinese name first?

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I got my Chinese name a long time before I have my English one. And it would have been dreadful to have a Chinese name with similar sound as the English one...

 

i was born only with a Chinese name, when i moved to UK, then i got a English name. but my English name does bare resemblance to my Chinese name

 

hey how come my friend picked an english name Andriy as well what a coincidence...

unless the name sounded nice both in chinese and english or else....
who with the name linda, doreen, patsy, joelyn, etc would want a similar sounded chinese name lol...

 

me too got my chinese name before my english one.They don't match at all

 

My parents gave me my chinese name first. They believe that a good chinese name is very important so they probably named me even before I was born. I think I got my english name when I was 1 or 2.

 

It doesn't bother me (that they don't match), in fact, my friends always tell me that I am like BORN with my English name (character wise)

Perfect match or what not... My Chinese name is like what my parents want me to be, my English name is what I grew up to be -^_^

 

What does hiake mean? It sounds a bit japanese to me.

My parents want me to be my chinese name too, but I'm nothing like it at the moment.

 

It's a long story, that nick of mine. A story from LONG LONG AGO, when internet was first available for home use... It's THAT old...

And it's my goal to live up to my Chinese name (my parent's expectation) one day.

 

No English name, just chinese name for me. None of the non-Chinese ever had trouble speaking/writing my name out.

 

i got the chinese one first....haven't yet decided on a english one -lol

isn't it that most chinese names carries an expectation or wish from the parents when they chose it?
most names have something positive in it...

and... is this a long and spectacular story??

 

I only have a chinese name, but if I want to lie about my name, I always end up making an English one
I love making up names, and sometimes when they find me, I can't tell they r calling me lol

 

Got both of my names at the same time but i was mostly known by my chinese name first.

 

whaa..nice!! can u share some of ur great creations??

 

Chinese name first and just translated to same it in English. Never felt a need to create an American nickname.

 

^ Same here.

 

i think it was my chinese name, and eng name was soon after, but i got my chiense name changed a couple months later.....

 

My was the Chinese one. After that I picked up an Englich name for myself.

 

My english name is my chinese name, parent didnt know english back then and still dont hehe