What's in a name?
Here are some of the more entertaining English names my Chinese friends and students have chosen...
Galvetron
This boy learned English from watching transformers. He even went so far as to translate them into Chinese to post on the web. One thing I've got to give him, the boy speaks some good English. Hail Galvetron!
Delicious
The irony here is this girl's teeth looked like she had been chewing betel nuts and smoking since she was six months old. Judging from the smoke notch in her teeth, she probably had been.
Seven, Eight, Eleven, and other numbers are popular names.
Ideas such as Courage or Honest are common.
Bamboo, Stormy, Rain/Raine/Raina, Autumn, Blue Sky, Summer, and other naturalistic names are especially popular with girls, as are Cherry, Apple, Mango, Plum, Orange, Strawberry, and other fruits.
Monkey, Tiger, Cat, Wolf and other animals are also popular.
Gender confusion can be fun. I had a female student named Larry.
Adjectives, such as colors, and places (Seashore) are common, and you might even find someone who introduces themselves as Salary, Fresh, or even Godzilla.
Celebrity names such as Bush, Beck, Demi, and Angelina are also very common.
Unfortunately, Jessica is still one of the most popular names for girls. Even in China. Only now the differentiation is between Jessica Wang, Jessica Liu, Jessica Yao, Jessica Zhang,...
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