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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject: Help me name a co-worker's kid: English that works in Korean |
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A co-worker's wife is having a baby. He asked for an English name that also works in Korean.... sounds good both ways.
Anyone know any good ones?
I already told him to avoid, "Bum Suk."  |
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MissT
Joined: 06 Apr 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Harry or Haylie (spelling can vary). I love the name Haylie for girls. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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A friend's name is June or Joo-eun ���� in Korean. Very religious Korean name though. Soo-Jee ���� is one, or Suzy in English.
Another friend named their son Issac in English or Ee-sak �̻� in Korean. I just looked at the authors names on my husband's Korean books and one of them is called Jae-yeong ��� (?) and I guess the English could be Jerone?
My brother in law is called Tae-ho ��ȣ in Korean, so his English/French (married to a French) name is Theo, which is kinda cute.
If I think of anymore I will tell you. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Lots of possibilities for girls names: Gina, Julie, etc, not so many for boys though I think. |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| How about ���� (Eugene) or ���� (Johan)? |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| A friend almost called her baby �ʸ� (phillip) the fortune teller recommended against it in the end, but I think that mumbo-jumbo changes all the time, so it might be lucky now the moon is in Gemini (or whatever). |
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mercury
Joined: 05 Dec 2004
Location: Pusan
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Ram bo (no joke, I had a student with this name!)  |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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but Koreans can't really pronounce it properly, and it's a daft name in english ! |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:43 am Post subject: |
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Anna, Hannah, Susannah all occur in Korean.
Theres already tons of expat Koreans named Suzie since �� is such a common girls name syllable.
Eugene (����) is a girl's name in Korean.
Yeh, boys names are harder to come up with. I do teach a boy named Sue! -- one of those uncommon one-syllable names. Another like that I taught was named Gun (��) & he did in fact move to the States. I'll assume he changed it, or heads an LA streetgang now.
Maybe they'll just have to settle for a name easy to pronounce in both languages, like Larry or Earl ..
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sadsac
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Gwangwang
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:45 am Post subject: |
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Why not try Lee, it can be either a girl or a boy's name.  |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| sadsac wrote: |
| Why not try Lee, it can be either a girl or a boy's name. |
Unless their family name is Lee! |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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I can add one more:
���� coincides perfectly with Sue Jean. |
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Godzilla
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| Avoid 'BUM GU' at all costs.. hahhahahah. Poor little bugger is in my 1A class! Hahahahah |
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trevorcollins
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:23 am Post subject: Re: Help me name a co-worker's kid: English that works in Ko |
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| Derrek wrote: |
A co-worker's wife is having a baby. He asked for an English name that also works in Korean.... sounds good both ways.
Anyone know any good ones?
I already told him to avoid, "Bum Suk." |
Do they know if it's a guy or girl...?
Sue, Sara, Mina all could go either way. Like someone else said it's harder for boy names. |
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bossaco
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Location: jongro-gu
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| Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:41 am Post subject: |
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my keun hyongnim's daughter is named �ٿ� or Diane in English
���� or Eugene
�̾� or Mia |
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