Most of my co-workers select an English first name. Here are some of the most imaginative (my favorites are in bold):
Achilles
Ace
Aerial
Apollo
Apple*
Aragon
Army
Arrow
Axis
Baba (Dad in Chinese)
Bean
Bear
Berserk
Bevis
Blacat (pronounced Black cat)
Bugatti
Candy
Carbon
Cherry
Coffee
Cookie
Crush
Descartes
Dew
Ding (ok, this is Chinese but it’s cute)
Dollar
Dolphin
Dong (ok, this is Chinese but it’s cute)
Fanccie
Fendy
Fish
Frieda
Frost
Gamma
Gang (ok, this is Chinese but looks like and English name)
Ginger
Happy
Helmut
Herry
Hewig
Homing
Hunter
Iceking
Icey
Ink
Ivy
Jam
Jank
Johnson
Juggernaut
Justice
Kilroy
King
Kitty
Kiwi
Light
Lighter
Link
Longcat
Loseway
Lucky
Luffy
Marks
Mars
Mavy
Maya
Mear
Melo
Mesh
Moony
Money (my hairdresser)
Navi
Ocean
Oxy
Paggy (Peggy?)
Panic
Parkman
Paxion
Phoenix
Polo
Porpoise
Rainbow*
Razor
Rice
Rover
Sherlock
Seiko
Sky
Smiler
Star
Steed
Steel
Swift
Taco
Tiger
Treker
Trulli
Trumpet
Tulip
Vanilla
Vans
Vegeta
Velvet
Vera Wang (wow! I work with a fashion designer)
Vita
Wallman
Wayzen
Webber
White
Wings
Winky Wong (I can’t make this stuff up!)
Winsdom
Wisdom
Wise
Wish
Wolf
Wolfy
YourWay
Zero
What, no “Pizza”?
*Expectant Hollywood parents need only look at this list to find an appropriate moniker for their new little one.
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