names parents give themselves

recently, my parents have been wracking their brains to come up with nice christian names for themselves, presumably so that when they go china for tentmaking, they'll be more easily remembered. (which honestly makes me go "huh?")

and don't think finding a name is an easy task... cos these were the rules my parents laid down..

1. names must be easily read, such that they can pronounce it, and then people can pronounce it as well, so names like Yvette, Ivana(my mum said it sounded like Iguana), Genevieve were out... pity though...

2. names must not remind us of undesirable people. Now THIS created alot of problems, cos it eliminated whole hordes of names viz... Moses(fat), Abigail(you know who), Edwin(hahaha), Babara(HAHAHA), Jacob, Rebecca, Andy, Ken(as in Barbie and Ken), Maria, Lucy and so on...

3. names must not be of close relatives or friends... so out goes Matthew, John(my dad desperately wanted that), Chrystal, Rupert(heehee), Samuel, Ben and so on..

4. names must not be too common... out goes Tom, Dick or Harry... as well as the female counterparts

5. names must NOT form something derogatory when matched with the surname... dun geddit? hmmm.. try PAUL CHAN (bankrupt in chinese)

6. names must be agreed by everyone... which bascially eliminates most of the rest of the names like James, Julie and so on... sheesh

wadeva... after thinking for quite awhile.. i think the best is...

for my mom...

RENEE, meaning reborn

for my dad...

DYLAN, meaning faithful

but OF COURSE, that contradicts with rule 1 liao cos my mum cannot read renee and reads it as running after awhile and my dad can't get dylan..

sheesh

aniwez, just for fun, here are the meaning of some names :-

Edwin - Prosperous Friend (HAHA)
Edgar - Great Spearman (??!?)
Alvin - Noble Friend
Jeremy = Jeremiah - God Will Uplift (Hebrew)
Jack = John (?!) - God is Merciful
Luke = Lucus - Light
Royce - King's Son (there's no royston)

fraNk (fReE)