What's in a name?
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jtoh:
based on the child's name in Mandarin lah
Not my friend. I was recounting the article by a journalist in TNP.Strparent:
Jtoh,
I think if your friend has tried David Kai Wee, instead of KDW, it would have been okay.
David is a recognized 1st name, whereas Kai is not.
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According to his article, David Kai Wee was not allowed either. It was either David Wee Kai or Wee Kai David. I suppose their rationale is that in the Chinese convention the surname always comes before the given name.
so it should be huang kai (presumably wee is huang in Mandarin/dialect)
so he should be named as DWK. -
pinky:
based on the child's name in Mandarin lah
Not my friend. I was recounting the article by a journalist in TNP.jtoh:
[quote=\"Strparent\"]Jtoh,
I think if your friend has tried David Kai Wee, instead of KDW, it would have been okay.
David is a recognized 1st name, whereas Kai is not.
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According to his article, David Kai Wee was not allowed either. It was either David Wee Kai or Wee Kai David. I suppose their rationale is that in the Chinese convention the surname always comes before the given name.
so it should be huang kai (presumably wee is huang in Mandarin/dialect)
so he should be named as DWK.[/quote]I don't see why he's not allowed to do it. I named my son Kai and on his birth cert, Kai is in front of his surname and it's a chinese surname. Nobody said I wasn't allowed to do it. Where did he register for the birth cert? I did mine at the hospital I gave birth in. -
According to the article he was born in the US and came back to Singapore to register. Must have been at the Registry of Births.
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Maybe the officer he was dealing with was super ngiao.
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jtoh:
Maybe the officer he was dealing with was super ngiao.
Maybe but still, who is he/she to approve what you want to name your child? :frustrated: -
mummyo:
Exactly the point of his article. I found it strange as well. Although I've had friends who tell me the officers will tell them that certain names are not allowed and advise them not to give LONG names.jtoh:
Maybe the officer he was dealing with was super ngiao.
Maybe but still, who is he/she to approve what you want to name your child? :frustrated: -
jtoh:
:? what constitutes a LONG name??? :rotflmao:
Exactly the point of his article. I found it strange as well. Although I've had friends who tell me the officers will tell them that certain names are not allowed and advise them not to give LONG names. -
Some countries have laws against giving babies names that are offensive or likely to cause the child great embarassment. Certain countries, such as Germany and Spain, even have lists of officially sanctioned names.
Stumbled across this article.
http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/blogs/yahoo-lifestyles/10-illegal-baby-names-194006397-3.html
I guess some parents get too carried away! -
jtoh:
That is another department in the civil service that needs \"transformation\" ! :evil:I was reading The New Paper today and journalist Eugene Wee had written a column about how he tried to register his son's name. He wanted to name his son Kai David Wee - Kai being the first name, David the middle name and Wee his surname.
The officer at the registration counter told him it was not possible, as Kai was a given name, not a Christian name. He could only name his son Wee Kai David or David Wee Kai. Reason being that people could mistake Kai for his surname. The journalist then asked if he were to name his son Fish David Wee would that be fine. And the officer said yes.
I didn't know there were such naming conventions in Singapore. So let's say someone with the surname Tan wanted to give his dd a first name of Ling, only Tan Ling would be allowed, not Ling Tan? -
mummyo:
Genevieve Veronica Angelica Tan Wan Ling :evil:
:? what constitutes a LONG name??? :rotflmao:jtoh:
Exactly the point of his article. I found it strange as well. Although I've had friends who tell me the officers will tell them that certain names are not allowed and advise them not to give LONG names.
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