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Old 07-12-2006, 07:39 PM
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We keep forgetting the infamous Suri Cruise.

I personally like Shiloh better than Suri.


When I say Suri it reminds me of the song from Oklahoma about a Surrey.
Lol, i've met at least one Shiloh, she was a Tri-Delta at my school (i think she was a DDD at least).

Suri, never heard of. Of course, Suri will never be allowed to play with any non-Scientologist kids anyway. If she exists.
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Old 07-12-2006, 08:18 PM
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how about...

Racer, Rebel, Rocket, and Rogue Rodriquez
(parents Director Robert Rodriguez and Elizabeth Avellan)
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Old 07-12-2006, 10:33 PM
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I like Shiloh. But I'm the normal named kid who wishes she had a unique name.

I also have cousins named: Princess, Shimmer, Paris, Mercedes, Lucifer, and Glitter. So Amber is highly preferrable to those I guess...
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Old 07-12-2006, 11:13 PM
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Ethic is one thing (I actually like the name Dakota), my daughter doesn't have the looks to be a Jennifer or Susie, which is why we picked a Hispanic name...insane is another (Moxie Crimefighter ).



I don't "have the looks" to be a Cynthia, yet I'm Cynthia. I actually only have ONE cousin who doesn't have an "English" (Anglo-sounding) name.
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Old 07-13-2006, 07:37 AM
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I don't "have the looks" to be a Cynthia, yet I'm Cynthia. I actually only have ONE cousin who doesn't have an "English" (Anglo-sounding) name.
Maybe that wasn't important to your family. It was for ours. We decided on Mariana, but if she didn't come out looking like a Mariana, we would have found a different name.
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Old 07-13-2006, 09:12 AM
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Maybe that wasn't important to your family. It was for ours. We decided on Mariana, but if she didn't come out looking like a Mariana, we would have found a different name.
Actually, it isn't just my family, but Chinese immigrants in general. Most don't think it's important to have only a Chinese name. Most have both, with the Chinese name only used by older family members.
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Old 07-13-2006, 09:15 AM
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Actually, it isn't just my family, but Chinese immigrants in general. Most don't think it's important to have only a Chinese name. Most have both, with the Chinese name only used by older family members.
I remember having a Chinese exchange student and here she went by Katie...I couldn't even being to pronounce her Chinese name. One of my friends in college though, Ng Gee Min, didn't want to take an English name.
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Old 07-13-2006, 09:17 AM
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I went to a high school that was 66% Asian. A lot of the Asian students had legal names that were in Chinese or Korean but went by American names. My friend's name was Jing something or other (like AlphaFrog, I too, couldn't pronounce her name) but she went by Alice.
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Old 07-13-2006, 09:31 AM
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Anyone noticed that the American names that immigrant Asian-Americans or their first generation children have tend to be more old-fashioned? Especially for the girls? Alice for example above or I know one girl named Sally... the only Sally I've ever met. Her brothers are Kris and Kevin, older names but boys names age better than girls.
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Old 07-13-2006, 09:34 AM
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I don't think either of those names are that old fashioned. I actually know a Sally, and she's our age.
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Old 07-13-2006, 09:36 AM
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Yeah, and so is this Sally, but you know ONE... I don't even know an Alice. I'm just saying they tend to be older, less commonly used names these days.

It's not bad. They just haven't followed the trend of weirder names these days...
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Old 07-13-2006, 09:49 AM
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Better a Sally or an Alice than a Millicent. I went to middle school with a Millicent.
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Old 07-13-2006, 10:28 AM
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Anyone noticed that the American names that immigrant Asian-Americans or their first generation children have tend to be more old-fashioned? Especially for the girls? Alice for example above or I know one girl named Sally... the only Sally I've ever met. Her brothers are Kris and Kevin, older names but boys names age better than girls.
Hmmm...the most common names of Asian girls in my high school were:

Jennifer (common for people my age, anyway)--4 people
Karen--5 people
Amy--3 people

This was a class of 86 girls, close to half being Asian.

As for second generation: My cousin just had a baby. She came to Canada as a teen and her husband is CBC (Canadian Born Chinese). Their daughter's name is Caitlyn.
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Old 07-13-2006, 11:03 AM
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I had a high school classmate who was Thai. Her name was Ateptaya, but she went by Tanya.
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Old 07-13-2006, 01:02 PM
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I also have cousins named: Lucifer
Why would they name their kid after the devil? All the others, eh, whatever, but Satan?

Or were they thinking along the lines of God's favorite angel?
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