my kids' names

[kasia]

jolie or joie, kaitlin, corinne (cory for short), byron, damon.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by kasia@Aug 26 2002, 06:40 PM
jolie or joie, kaitlin, corinne (cory for short), byron, damon.
which brings me to another subject. actually it's been discussed before but i don't remember if it was here or somewhere else on the web.

what do you think about having two names? an asian one, and an english one. i know alot of asian people actually just have an asian name and it's romanized to english when necessary.

[deez nuts]

If I have kids and this is a big if at this point for me right now. Yeah I will definitely give them English and Chinese names

As for names, my girl has been asking me about it (bad sign).

Hehe after seeing Triple X: I think Vin diesel Chen sounds hot. If not either Alexander, Spencer (sorry amietron) or David.

For a girl: Angelina, Kristina or Jennifer.

[artsfartsyjanet]

When I was less than 10, I liked the name Tatiliana. Now, I'm not so sure. Nicole is a nice name, I think. Hmmmm.... as for a guy, I have no idea. Maybe... Majin. I don't know. LOL. :lol:

[Arex]

I'm not so sure about potential names for my own offspring (that's probably a ways off, barring any unfortunate accidents), but I know my brother and sister-in-law were toying with the idea of naming their first son "Voltron." No joke. That way he'd also have the initials "VW."

Alex

[kimpossible]

Mulan or Attila.





I am so kidding, you guys.

[wylin]

Hmm names

Boys:

Ryu - ok too much street fighter
Terrence - Canadain star of ASSES of FIRE
Arc - the lad

Girls:
Aeris - FF7 fame
Rinoa - FF8
Eliza - ken's GF in Street Fighter 2
Elise - lotus

[amietron]

Originally posted by Chasiubao_Boy@Aug 26 2002, 04:19 PM
Hehe after seeing Triple X: I think Vin diesel Chen sounds hot. If not either Alexander, Spencer (sorry amietron) or David.
Umm. Yeah, it's quite alright. I like the name too.

As for names, my girl has been asking me about it (bad sign).
I think the first time we talked about it, he asked. Spencer, Jr., Gus and Kate. At first, he was all about Hideo Nomo Wong. No, don't think so. Sp likes Vin Diesel a lot, too. You know he has a twin brother?

Yeah I will definitely give them English and Chinese names
Me too. Well, if I marry a Chinese guy, then.. either Chinese, Japanese or both. Bwahaha. Daughter is getting the name Aimi. (pronounced ah ee me, like Ayumi with an ee instead of a yu)
AI- the character for love
MI- the character for beauty (utsukushii)



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[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by amietron@Aug 27 2002, 12:45 PM
Yeah I will definitely give them English and Chinese names
Me too. Well, if I marry a Chinese guy, then.. either Chinese, Japanese or both. Bwahaha. Daughter is getting the name Aimi. (pronounced ah ee me, like Ayumi with an ee instead of a yu)
AI- the character for love
MI- the character for beauty (utsukushii)
actually you can give them one name that is pronounceable in both chinese and japanese.


kanji :)

[amietron]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 27 2002, 11:32 AM
Originally posted by amietron@Aug 27 2002, 12:45 PM
Yeah I will definitely give them English and Chinese names
Me too. Well, if I marry a Chinese guy, then.. either Chinese, Japanese or both. Bwahaha. Daughter is getting the name Aimi. (pronounced ah ee me, like Ayumi with an ee instead of a yu)
AI- the character for love
MI- the character for beauty (utsukushii)
actually you can give them one name that is pronounceable in both chinese and japanese.


kanji :)
Yeah, I know. Just different pronunciation, right?
Mine's Aiko.
AI - character for love
KO- character for child

The kids at boarding school taught me like.. in Mandarin it's Wo-Chi and in Korean it's Ei-ja? or something? I dunno.

[karizma]

>> im tempted to pass my chinese name down to my kid if its a girl. i like it a lot...[ woo zhun mei ]...if its a guy or girl ill name them something original...not so original that he's made fun of by peers but just original enough to be like "wow i dont know too many of those".

[wylin]

new ones:

male:

Slash, Blade, Burst, Flare, lionel, optimus, rodimus, spike, magus

girl:
anastasia, tigra, thundara, relena, Deedlit, Paris, Chi-Chi



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[amietron]

Originally posted by wylin@Aug 27 2002, 03:04 PM
new ones:

male:

Slash, Blade, Burst, Flare, lionel, optimus, rodimus, spike, magus

girl:
anastasia, tigra, thundara, relena, Deedlit, Paris, Chi-Chi
naming a girl chi-chi would be like naming a boy ji-ji or gigi, kinda like *ahem, woot* gigi ng.

[Barbs]

i'd like to give my kids a chinese name but with my competency they'd end up with names like 'chung-kuo" or "mei-li" or something (u'd only get this if u speak chinese...) i suppose my parents will have to give my kids their chinese names.

i think two names are great. i have my english name as my first name and my chinese name as my middle name. u get the best of both worlds.

i'm not so sure about giving my kids chinese names that are then transliterated into english as first names. if u're an abc, that's sorta just plain mean (no offense to those of you with chinese transliterated english names).

[CrX3183]

i'm gonna name my kids either Jolon or Jalen... :D
Hopefully my future girlfriend will like those names as well...

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by amietron@Aug 27 2002, 05:42 PM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 27 2002, 11:32 AM
Originally posted by amietron@Aug 27 2002, 12:45 PM
Yeah I will definitely give them English and Chinese names
Me too. Well, if I marry a Chinese guy, then.. either Chinese, Japanese or both. Bwahaha. Daughter is getting the name Aimi. (pronounced ah ee me, like Ayumi with an ee instead of a yu)
AI- the character for love
MI- the character for beauty (utsukushii)
actually you can give them one name that is pronounceable in both chinese and japanese.


kanji :)
Yeah, I know. Just different pronunciation, right?
Mine's Aiko.
AI - character for love
KO- character for child

The kids at boarding school taught me like.. in Mandarin it's Wo-Chi and in Korean it's Ei-ja? or something? I dunno.
hey you have the same name as the newest japanese princess. :)

in mandarin it would be ai zi, pronounced approximately "i chee"
in cantonese it would be ngoi ji, and i have no idea how to explain how to pronounce the "ng" sound, but the ji pretty much sounds as is.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Barbs@Aug 27 2002, 06:18 PM
i'd like to give my kids a chinese name but with my competency they'd end up with names like 'chung-kuo" or "mei-li" or something (u'd only get this if u speak chinese...) i suppose my parents will have to give my kids their chinese names.

i think two names are great. i have my english name as my first name and my chinese name as my middle name. &nbsp;u get the best of both worlds.

i'm not so sure about giving my kids chinese names that are then transliterated into english as first names. if u're an abc, that's sorta just plain mean (no offense to those of you with chinese transliterated english names).
hahha yeah i might ask my parents to give my kids the chinese names if i marry someone with not so great chinese skills. at least i'd ask for suggestions. but if i marry someone with great chinese skills then i'd be set. i've been thinking about giving them only one name and transliterate the name to english, so it would have to be something that can transliterate well. on the other hand, it's just common for people in HK have had both chinese and english names, and this started in my parents' generation, so maybe i'll just do that. most people in HK actually use their english names in normal conversations.



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[kimpossible]

My Chinese name is stupid. Hopefully my kids will get much better ones.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Aug 27 2002, 09:35 PM
My Chinese name is stupid. Hopefully my kids will get much better ones.
who gave you your chinese name? and is it shao mao? or is that just your nickname?

[bigwong235]

girl: tara, charlene, nicole, or kylie(!)

boy: jason, johnny, or steven

[kimpossible]

My nickname/pet name is shao mao. My 'real' Chinese name is ³¯ ¤@ ¤ß. Supposedly, old crusty Buddhist scholars understand the reference. Yeah, run into those all the time. Isn't there a dou fu gan chainstore named ¤@ ¤ß?

[bigwong235]

my computer no show chinese characters! :angry:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Aug 27 2002, 10:41 PM
My nickname/pet name is shao mao. My 'real' Chinese name is ³¯ ¤@ ¤ß. Supposedly, old crusty Buddhist scholars understand the reference. Yeah, run into those all the time. Isn't there a dou fu gan chainstore named ¤@ ¤ß?
hey the chinese characters are not all coming out. is it chen something xin?



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[kimpossible]

I see them now. I had to pop in my Windows disk to get the fonts. And yeah, Chen I-Shing. None of that commie stuff now.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Aug 27 2002, 10:53 PM
I see them now. I had to pop in my Windows disk to get the fonts. And yeah, Chen I-Shing. None of that commie stuff now.
hahha you no like pinyin?

[amietron]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 27 2002, 05:34 PM
hey you have the same name as the newest japanese princess. :)

in mandarin it would be ai zi, pronounced approximately "i chee"
in cantonese it would be ngoi ji, and i have no idea how to explain how to pronounce the "ng" sound, but the ji pretty much sounds as is.
:D I know I do! I was oh so very proud when I found out her name was Aiko, cus.. it made me feel special.

[kasia]

Originally posted by bigwong235@Aug 28 2002, 03:26 AM
girl: tara, charlene, nicole, or kylie(!)

boy: jason, johnny, or steven
so you're going to have nicole and charlene? haha. and they're going to have an auntie nicole and auntie charlene?

[kasia]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 28 2002, 01:34 AM
in mandarin it would be ai zi, pronounced approximately "i chee"
in cantonese it would be ngoi ji, and i have no idea how to explain how to pronounce the "ng" sound, but the ji pretty much sounds as is.
as in 'AIDS'? ;) :huh:

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by kasia@Aug 28 2002, 06:51 PM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 28 2002, 01:34 AM
in mandarin it would be ai zi, pronounced approximately "i chee"
in cantonese it would be ngoi ji, and i have no idea how to explain how to pronounce the "ng" sound, but the ji pretty much sounds as is.
as in 'AIDS'? ;) :huh:
hahha no

as in <img src='http://132.229.12.115/cgi-bin/char.cgi?611B.gif[/img]http://132.229.12.115/cgi-bin/char.cgi?5B50.gif

[bigwong235]

Originally posted by kasia@Aug 28 2002, 11:50 PM
Originally posted by bigwong235@Aug 28 2002, 03:26 AM
girl: tara, charlene, nicole, or kylie(!)

boy: jason, johnny, or steven
so you're going to have nicole and charlene? haha. and they're going to have an auntie nicole and auntie charlene?
lol i suppose so... but oh well. maybe i won't have any girls at all!

[deez nuts]

Originally posted by Hello_Hapa@Aug 27 2002, 10:53 PM
I see them now. I had to pop in my Windows disk to get the fonts. And yeah, Chen I-Shing. None of that commie stuff now.
Hey we share the same last name. Along with millions of other Chinamen/Taiwanaese! <sigh>