https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:16:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-47870 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:10:55 +0000 mrsjyw 47870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: sorry it took me so long to respond! And YESSS growing up I used to wish for an "American" name... I finally grew into accepting my name during college. Now I have an ethnic Korean name + a long traditional Polish last name... I like to laugh it off now :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46858 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:21:57 +0000 heffalump 46858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Crumbs: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46852 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:12:35 +0000 MsMamaBear 46852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so cool. Wish I had two names. How did y'all make the characters here? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46847 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:23:09 +0000 SugarplumsMom 46847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: You have an amazing middle name! It's a combination of 2 names I like: Asha, Sanskrit for "hope", and Amira meaning "princess" in Hebrew and Arabic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46834 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:55:10 +0000 yin 46834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Actually 4 sisters... the youngest has a very Chinese name just like me. 5 girls = drama, drama, drama </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46765 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:56:21 +0000 Rubies 46765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Did you ever want an "American" name? I'm asking because I hated my first name (even though it's not ethnic) and always wished I could have a name like "Michelle" or "Jessica." Even now, I'm not crazy about my first name. I always wondered what it would be like to grow up with an ethnic name... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46763 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:54:43 +0000 Rubies 46763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yin: You have three sisters!? WOW! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46680 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:52:23 +0000 mrbee 46680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Japanese name is 要.<br /> <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A6%81" rel="nofollow">http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A6%81</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46673 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:47:17 +0000 mrsjyw 46673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first and only name is Korean. It's a really common Korean girl's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46552 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:55:36 +0000 yin 46552@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always wanted an American name. My sisters ended up with names that could go both ways -- Lynn, Lee, and May. Of course my name is 100% Chinese. Boo.</p> <p>My LO had a Vietnamese name that my in-laws gave to him, but I'm not sure what happened to it. I think they were offended that it is not part of his legal name and just forgot about it. My parents cannot pronounce his name and call him "Lit" because it sounds the closest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46538 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:38:11 +0000 twinmama 46538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband's American name and Cambodian name are the same - his American name is just the English transliteration with a different pronunciation. He and his sisters all have Cambodian nicknames, but they aren't names as much as things like "littlest sister" or terms like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46535 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:32:26 +0000 HabesBabe 46535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Only my parents/Asian family call me by my Vietnamese name. Sometimes the hubs calls me it (in his American accent) as a joke. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46525 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:26:33 +0000 tequiero21 46525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my korean name is se-ra. we'll give our LOs korean names - my FIL has to figure it out. i do want veto power. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46521 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:23:37 +0000 heffalump 46521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My Hebrew name is Malkah Ashira. </p> <p>My lo isn't named yet, we've been trying to set the date since she's been born! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46513 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:13:40 +0000 Rubies 46513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: I realized after I posted that some peoples' names ARE their ethnic names and probably wouldn't say. Ooops on my part. Do people call you by your American name or your legal Vietnamese name? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46509 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:10:49 +0000 HabesBabe 46509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine's my legal name (my "American" name is a nickname that doesn't appear on any paperwork), so I'd rather not say. But it starts with an "A" and then "T" (Vietnamese names are in pairs, like Mary Ann.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46463 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:18:20 +0000 chopsuey 46463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my korean name is 예석 :)<br /> lo has a korean name too. 예랑. it means Jesus' love </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-ethnic-name#post-46454 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:47:13 +0000 Rubies 46454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was born, my parents had already immigrated to Canada and there weren't many Korean people in our area so my parents assumed I would never need a Korean name so I never had one. Meanwhile, all of my Canadian-born friends have a Korean name. Whaa?</p> <p>Anyway, my in-laws gave LO a Chinese name (Wing Yan) and my parents are STILL fighting about a Korean name (my parents keep disagreeing with each other).</p> <p>Do YOU have an ethnic name? What is it? </p>