Speaking of Chinese names, I love names in Qiongyao’s novels, which applauded her deep oriental cultural connotation. In her novels, the girls’ names were feminine and graceful while the boys’ were delicate and genteel. (Sorry for my poor English. I hope somebody would like to help me describe precisely). The names were as beautiful as a poem and provided people with more imagination on the roles’ personalities. Will a name impact one’s characteristics as blood type does fundamentally, especially the names designed based on Chinese traditional astrology, which will vaguely predict one’s future?

I guess one of the fun parts of having a baby is to name him/her. It may also be the most difficult part. Parents wish the words in the baby’s name would cover all their good wishes. They also wish the baby could have more than one name, which would represent their different expectations. Unfortunately, the fact doesn’t work that way. J Now the internet offers thousands of candidates. However, picking up the right one is still pain in the ass. A name tells the social fashion in a certain era. Does it ring a bell of something familiar? Looking back on Culture Revolution, many names were burned with revolution-related words. Another example is, more and more neutral names reasonably emerged with the emancipation of women. But I stealthily hope women’s feminine charm will not be negatively impacted and still follow the right track, such as elegance and forgiveness, which will help to unearth and build up masculine power. Am I too conservative? Well, at least, nothing wrong of being conservative. J

I managed to grant my boy an easily-pronounced, easily-remembered, easily-written and beautifully-sounded name.  The Greek root of his name meant young warrior. I hope he will be as brave and loyal as a warrior. (Wow, too much expectation. My boy will be pissed off. J) Anyway, this name is the one I love most in the world.