Baby Naming

I got a funny mail few days back with the title "Why Chinese must not have English names"
below is the funny reasons but not just English name but i also have difficulty to find chinese name for my baby Mika. The chinese name will sounds funny as well when written and pronounce in roman. It is just the fact that we are mostly use our name in roman writing instead of in chinese writing and in fact all our official letter/document will require use to use our name in roman writing. How ahh if we apply credit card with just my name written in chinese. couldn't imagine what they will think about us ahhh...

I seldom have the chance to write my chinese anme but it might not the same for others. I found out that my sister use it pretty often caused she teach in chinese school. for me, no chance at all!!! not even once a year. thus i no need to change my chinese name eventhough the charecter combination is not really good. how lah...if i sitting at one corner writting my name in chinese for the sick of writing....#$%@@ . I don't think i would like this to be happened.

Why Chinese must not have English names

• >Anne Chang> (Mandarin)- Dirty>
• >Anne Chin (Mandarin) - Keep quiet>
• >Faye Chen (Mandarin) - Dusty>
• >Carl Cheng (Hokkien) - Buttock>
• >Monica Cheng (Hokkien) - Touching your buttocks>
• >Lucy Leow (Hokkien) - You are dead>
• >Jane Tan (Mandarin) - Frying eggs>
• >Suzie Leow (Hokkien) - Lost till death>
• >Henry Mah (Mandarin) - Hate your mum>
• >Corrine Tai (Hokkien) - Poor fellow>
• >Paul Chan (Mandarin) - Bankrupt>
• >Nelson Tan (Mandarin) - Bird laying eggs>
• >Leslie Tong (Mandarin) - Rubbish bin>
• >Carmen Teng (Hokkien) - Leg hair long>
• >Connie Mah (Mandarin) - Call your mother>
• >Danny See (Hokkien) - Squeeze you to death>
• >Rosie Teng (Hokkien) - Screws and nails>
• >Pete Tsai (Hokkien) - Nose droppings>
• >Macy Koh (Cantonese) - Never die before>
• >Michael Tan (Cantonese) - sell chicken eggs

so now comes the funny story while finding suitable name for my baby Mika. My husband sir name is 梁 and in roman writing is LUI.... yeah this sound like money in cantonese and hokien as well.

My hubby always wanted to name our baby with just one name instead of with the middle name. so one find day, on the way back and he have something in mind and seems very happy to name our baby mika as 梁 漢. He like it very much and its sound pretty good then naturally we talk about it in english writing. I started it with "Lui Hon"... then he suddenly blurt out commented that "Hon" is not nice and we should use han yu ping ying as "Han" and he is pretty exciting with this name...he was very happy repeating the name as lui han's. I don't know why i just have the urge immediately. At that time we haven't agree on any english name yet and i just answer him "good", "very goods"... lui Han's and the english name is "han lui" and since daddy always spent lavishly... it's a good name!!!! believe me, at that time i really cannot tahan and we just laugh hysterically. my Husband is always the spender.. and i have always reminded him..... i guess if our baby name after this name, the next time i just have to call my baby to alert him. i am ok with this... and gues what of course he said no...... to this. But really i like this name pronounce in cantonse.

we still have not come to any conclusion on the chinese name yet... since the LUI... is the surname, and this is associated with money and its seems pretty hard to only have first name without the middle name.


Finding a name with surname Lui (without middle name)

• Bin Lui - good fotune, can use the magic to create money. 梁賓, 彬, 斌
• Jay Lui/jie lui - all the friend will run away including the relatives 梁杰, 傑
• Wan Lui - sound good for fortune but it's neither sound nice nor have good meaning in chinese.
• Wu Lui - can mean got money in hokkien or sounds no money in cantonese and the pronounsation for 梁武 is terrible in cantonses.
• Yong Lui - as bad as the father who just spend spend n spend but the chinese name 梁勇 not bad also
• Fei lui & Feng lui- couldn't imagine!! but at least sound good in cantonese... 梁 飛, 霏 or 梁丰 (my hubby choice, very easy to write) and my choice is 梁峰.

I really run out of idea as i am not chinese educated, its seems pretty hard to find a good name as those sound nice and have good meaning in chinese will become terrible after converting it to roman writing.......how ahhh... I am welcome for any suggestion.......anybody!!