My last name is Tang and when I have my first son, I want to give him the name Bao. For his middle name, I'll make it Ching so that his name will be Bao Ching Tang. I'm tired of all these chinese parents giving their kids these American names, I'm bringing back the old school Chinese american names. What would you name your child?
People give the name they want to their children. Some people want they have an american name, others want an european one, or an african one ... I think chinese is a beautiful language, and I wish my children had a chinese name, but as I live in France, I will choose a simple name in order to pronunce it easily. For a boy, I think : Ao, for a girl : Li Mei. Bao is a beautiful name and the translation is beautiful.
i would stick to english name, havin ppl call you in chinese names is weird, epecially in usa they call half of ur chinese name, and i hate dat
since my last name is chen, i can name my kids bit or kit. so then they can be bit chen, or kit chen. j/p
depends, though I can't think of any boy's names off the top of my head, girls will either be called Temperance (for classical reason) or eloise (my favourite name, specially with the french pronounciation ^0^) Boys, something along the line of viktor or alex. My Chinese has already deteriorated to the extend that I can't give my child a decent and meaningful name. It's quite a pity actually.
Hard one, i think it would be deffinitely be a Chinese name, hate it when you give you kid a foreign name..
honestly, I wouldn't name my kid bao or li or ching. if i cant think of a unique name (like me making it up myself), i would name my kid after my idols, Joey and Justin.
I think Max is a pretty solid and sexy name for a guy. As for a girl ~ hmm.. I think Angela is good =]
will definitely give both an english name and a chinese name boy would be called Johnny, girl would be called Jennifer..no clue what chinese name might be.
I think parents give their kids English names primarily because they're easier to much pronounce. Personally, I recently legally changed by Chinese name to an English name, because people (teachers, classmates, etc.) kept butchering my name. Also, from my own experience, those who don't use English names tend to experience even more prejudice. Also, they wouldn't receive as much opportunities. Thus, although I understand your frustration with parents no longer naming their kids in Chinese, I know that it is much easier for everything if these kids are named in English, esp. if they plan to stay in the US. Note: I still have my Chinese in my full name...now it goes, "English name","Chinese name," then "last name." Sorry, I wrote a lot...thanks for your time in reading this.
That is true, and Chinese name is a nightmare in filling out applications, they just do not comprehend having 2 words as first names, what happens will then be either 1. both words stuck together (which cannot possibly be pronounced); 2. jointed by a hyphen "-" which look just wrong (resembles married women's last names); or 3. they drop the 2nd word in your first name into the middle initial section, so you kind of lost everything. I do agree having English Name, Chinese First name, then Chinese last name is the best solution. Like Eason Yi Xun Chen. Unless of course, you have single first name in chinese.
