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TSsilteoh
post Mar 14 2017, 10:04 AM, updated 8y ago

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Hi! Planning to have a baby next year..

Is it okay to not give a Chinese name for our child as my husband's family are not traditional Chinese Malaysians and he doesn't speak any Chinese dialect as well. We would like to follow the westernized culture of naming, First Name + Middlename + Surname or 2 First Names + Surname

Is this possible?

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DozeMeWithTea
post Mar 14 2017, 10:06 AM

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Why not?
popopi
post Mar 14 2017, 10:07 AM

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malaysia system only allow Sure name & given name... where u want put the middle name up to you.
mywingame
post Mar 14 2017, 10:07 AM

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Sure, you may also give your child a chinese name based on the western name
kumhoo
post Mar 14 2017, 10:14 AM

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my cousin baby name Alex Faith Cheong. Both are typical Chinese.
TSsilteoh
post Mar 14 2017, 10:16 AM

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QUOTE(kumhoo @ Mar 14 2017, 10:14 AM)
my cousin baby name Alex Faith Cheong. Both are typical Chinese.
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Nice... less headache for us. Glad to know that we can have two first names for our child. This will be our first baby so i'm not really sure how it works hahaha. Thanks for the help! smile.gif

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jayjaynyc
post Mar 14 2017, 10:16 AM

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Just get ready for shit-storm from traditional parents ya..... i faced that problem.

So ask your parents for a Chinese name that they like, and try to work that into the middle name. At first we didn't want a Chinese name cos we don't speak Mandarin and have no idea what the given name will mean, or if it has potential for 'bullying', teasing or ridicule in the future when they go to school.

After months of tension between my parents and us, we finally settled on a Chinese name they are happy with, based on the English middle name.

so... good luck smile.gif
sonic31s
post Mar 14 2017, 10:19 AM

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Just make simply

Michael (surname) Jordan Air.
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post Mar 14 2017, 10:20 AM

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savien
post Mar 14 2017, 10:26 PM

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Err... my daughter do not have a chinese name in her MyKid... no issue with that... by the way I am not Christian too... she has a first and middle name... followed by the surname... however my wife did give my daughter a Chinese name for our older relatives to call her coz our daugther's name is a bit hard to pronounce by older generations... heck... even her kindergarten teacher also didn't call her name correctly hahaha...
ck2chan
post Mar 16 2017, 12:14 AM

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QUOTE(savien @ Mar 14 2017, 10:26 PM)
Err... my daughter do not have a chinese name in her MyKid... no issue with that... by the way I am not Christian too... she has a first and middle name... followed by the surname... however my wife did give my daughter a Chinese name for our older relatives to call her coz our daugther's name is a bit hard to pronounce by older generations... heck... even her kindergarten teacher also didn't call her name correctly hahaha...
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What name?
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post Mar 16 2017, 12:02 PM

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QUOTE(ck2chan @ Mar 16 2017, 12:14 AM)
What name?
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Two English name followed by the surname... I don't wish to put it here... so for example... Diana Willis Ng...
lil_flank
post Mar 24 2017, 08:12 AM

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Why not just First Name + Surname? Easy..
Coz some may confuse
Should i call u:
Diana Willis
Willis Ng
Ng Diana Willis
Ng Willis Diana

As a parent, i dont wana give unnecessary stress or others making fun of my kid's name just becoz i wana be unique from others. Well, thats my 2 cents.

This post has been edited by lil_flank: Mar 24 2017, 08:23 AM

 

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