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

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by hkm91450, Jun 20, 2007.

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

  1. English first

    31 vote(s)
    24.8%
  2. Chinese first

    79 vote(s)
    63.2%
  3. Don't know

    15 vote(s)
    12.0%
  1. Jayotacon

    Jayotacon Well-Known Member

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    I don´t have a chinese name :(
     
  2. mumulle93

    mumulle93 Member

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    French name --" in first
    and a second Chinese name
     
    #102 mumulle93, Nov 6, 2007
    Last edited: Nov 6, 2007
  3. tien317

    tien317 Well-Known Member

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    I neva tot of matching Eng and Chinese name....I like both my names :)
     
  4. sobe

    sobe Member

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    Chinese name first... even though my parents call me by my english name. :S
     
  5. linnetje007

    linnetje007 Active Member

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    ofcourse chinese first, coz they are origin from CHINA
     
  6. Archmagus

    Archmagus Active Member

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    I got my chinese first and chose my english name myself.
     
  7. BeerBro

    BeerBro Well-Known Member

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    i got my chinese name first since i'm born in Hong kong, it wasn't until i came to Canada until i found out my parents had given me an english name, lol! sad, but true.
     
  8. freddybasset

    freddybasset Active Member

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    Chinese name then english
     
  9. I got my Chinese name first, then my English. My English name is just an akward romanization of my Chinese name though, lol.
     
  10. shiiiinn

    shiiiinn Member

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    i thoguth bout changing my chinese name to an englihs name at first...but every1 knows me by my chinese name now...so no point in changing it
     
  11. ally19

    ally19 Member

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    english name first which my parents got fr a baby name book...my grandparents went to a chinese temple to "ask" for a suitable chinese name n in the process made me Kuan Yin's "goddaughter".
     
  12. peterisation

    peterisation Member

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    Chinese then English for me
     
  13. cOOkiiePOWER

    cOOkiiePOWER Member

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    hmmmm...

    hmm... my mum gav me a chinese name....& my grandma gav me a russian name LOLs... i guess my russian name is used most of the time... but i still like my chinese name LOLs! -clapclap
     
  14. Kali

    Kali Active Member

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    Only chinese name
     
  15. 0rchid

    0rchid Member

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    my grandmother and dad gave me my chinese name, my mom gave me my english name^^
     
  16. yingyue

    yingyue Member

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    Chinese first...
    It's a nightmare when your own father decides to translate it back to the doctors...
    Wish my parents were Mandarin speaking people...at least I'd have a reasonable name =[
    Honestly...I would be called Wen-Ying rather than Man-Ying...(
    Can you see the downside^^(I'm a girl!) =[
    lol
     
  17. unclelooi

    unclelooi Well-Known Member

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    my parent gave me chinese name onli..
     
  18. Tak-Wah

    Tak-Wah Active Member

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    Chinese name only
     
  19. brujah28

    brujah28 Member

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    chinese name first... i later picked an english name so that the gwai lo boss can address me more easily
     
  20. mikeyh

    mikeyh Well-Known Member

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    i think that most chinese parents give their childrens chinese names first.
    My dad did that :)