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Susan
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Question Re: Asian Names

Hey Ladies,

Those of you that are adopting from China/Korea and will be incorporating part (or all) of your child's Asian name into his/her American name, which names do you plan to use?

For example, if your child's name is OH, Yoo Min, from what I understand, Oh is the last name, Yoo is the generational name, and Min is the unique/original name. Would you incorporate just the Min part or both Yoo and Min?

Just wondering how this is normally done. I believe if this child went by her Korean name, we would call her Yoo Min, not Min, so I'm confused as to how to incorporate it. We were considering giving our child American first and middle names, and then adding the Korean name after the middle name, but that would be four names plus our last name....

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Posted 3/12/06 9:14 AM
 
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Sandra
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Re: Question Re: Asian Names

wow....Im confused!

Posted 3/12/06 9:22 AM
 

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Posted 3/12/06 9:23 AM
 

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Re: Question Re: Asian Names

I'm not sure if this helps at all - but I have several Asian students, and those who have lived in America most, or all, of their lives go by an American name, but officially their name is something else.

Example: I currently have an 8th grader named Sun Yi. On the class roster, that is how her name appears, when her parents registered her for school, that was the name they used for her. But she prefers to be called Rachel.
Her parents were both born in Korea, but she was born in America and has lived here all of her life, so I think that may have something to do with her choice. Students I've had who lived most of their life in their native country generally prefer to be called their native name.

Perhaps you can give her an American first name and keep her other name as a middle name?

Posted 3/12/06 12:28 PM
 

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Re: Question Re: Asian Names

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Posted by Sandra

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I am confused as well

Posted 3/12/06 6:30 PM
 

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Re: Question Re: Asian Names

My friends adopted from China and dropped only the last name. they kept the other 2 as middle names.

Posted 3/12/06 7:34 PM
 

Susan
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Re: Question Re: Asian Names

Thanks! It's not a question as to which name he'll go by; it's more a question of if I'll incorporate his first and generational names or just his first name as his American middle name. I guess it would make sense to do both, but I just feel the name will be too long then! There's only three spaces on forms: First Name, Middle Name and Last Name. Know what I mean? Maybe I'll just skip the American Middle Name and do just an American First Name and Asian Middle Name (which is two names). I planned to do both an American and Asian Middle Name until I realized that all Asian names have two parts.

Posted 3/13/06 9:15 AM
 

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Re: Question Re: Asian Names

Posted by michele31

My friends adopted from China and dropped only the last name. they kept the other 2 as middle names.



I think this is exactly what we are going to plan to do. Definately an American first name but I don't want her to completely lose her birth name.

Posted 3/13/06 1:15 PM
 

Susan
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Re: Question Re: Asian Names

Thank You Ladies so much for sharing what you plan to do. I will likely do the same. Chat Icon You're the best! Thanks again! Chat Icon

Posted 3/13/06 2:18 PM
 
 

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