Some people are obviously well-educated, but the names they give their children are simply too unpleasant. Maybe they didn’t notice it when they chose it, but when the children grow up and start to socialize, the problem arises. For example, my friend Mr. Gou.
After ten months of pregnancy and delivery, Mr. Gou and his wife officially became parents. Mr. Gou and his family were very happy to see their infant daughter. The couple looked at their daughter and "argued endlessly" happily: "My daughter's eyes are very similar to mine. Look at the double eyelids, they are exactly the same as mine." Mrs. Gou said arrogantly: "I think my daughter's mouth is similar to mine." Same, the little cherry mouth is so cute!
Just when the couple was "quarreling", the nurse came over and asked Mr. Gou to apply for the child's birth certificate. The name hasn't been decided yet? During the pregnancy, Mr. Gou and his wife read "Xinhua Dictionary", "Book of Songs" and "Chu Ci", but they couldn't choose a good name for their child. They could just watch their daughter being discharged. I couldn’t put it off any longer.
So Mr. Gou invited his seven aunts and eight aunts to come up with a name for his daughter. People all said that Mr. Gou had a special surname and it would not be nice to name the girl. After careful consideration, Mr. Gou gave his daughter a very elegant name, "Tongxi." Mr. Gou explained: "It is the hope of the family that our daughter will have rosy skin when she is born." It was random, but no one thought of a better name, so they unanimously decided to use the name "Tongxi"
Watching my daughter grow up day by day, it was here in the blink of an eye. At the age of elementary school, her daughter came home crying and asked her father to change her name. Originally, because her name "Gou Tongxi" was homophonic to "dog thing", some naughty classmates started calling her "dog thing". This caused his daughter to burst into tears.
Looking at his tearful daughter, Mr. Gou first tried to comfort him in various ways, and at the same time communicated with the teacher and asked the classmate who called him to apologize to his daughter. Although his daughter reluctantly accepted it, he still expressed his gratitude. I want to change my surname.
Mr. Gou actually thinks: "The name is just a code name, it doesn't matter what you call it." Although Mrs. Gou also agreed with her husband's view, she looked at it. I was worried about my daughter's name, so I decided to change her name to "Gou Zixuan", and the whole name suddenly became taller.
Then we decided to name our child. , what should we pay attention to?
(1) Pay attention to homophony
As the saying goes: "Better to be born. Wrong destiny, don't give the wrong name." As mentioned above, when naming your daughter, you don't pay attention to the homophony, making the child a "laughing stock" in the eyes of classmates. For example: Yang Wei, Fan Tong, Du Ziteng, Shi Zhenxiang, etc.
(2) Words that cannot be corrupted
In today’s world of advanced network technology, some words that originally had no special meaning have been used by netizens Joking. How should you let your children deal with these spoiled online words, such as "Xiang, Ri, Ju, Shi, Brother" etc.?
(3) Do not use uncommon words, traditional Chinese characters, etc.
Some parents do not take the usual path when naming their children and like to use some rare characters or traditional Chinese characters. . However, these rare or traditional Chinese characters not only cause trouble for children in writing, but also cause trouble for teachers when identifying and processing documents.
(4) Pay attention to the difference between men and women when choosing names
A netizen broke the news on Weibo: When going to apply for a name, listen to When the staff arrived, they asked Li Meili to take pictures, and an old man in his 50s came up, shocking everyone instantly. When naming men and women, there are some proprietary names that should not be used indiscriminately to avoid humiliation. For example, the words "qiang", "gang" and "zhuang" are used exclusively for men; the words "qian", "cute" and "soft" are used only for women.
Naming a child is a big deal, and parents must be careful. After choosing a name, it is best to ask a few people to discuss it together to see if there is any problem with the pronunciation.
If you were Mr. Gou, what would you name your child?