November 1, 2007

exotic names IV

To those of you who have been following my blog since 2004, you should know what this is all about. Exotic names from China. That is, people from China who adopted Christian names for themselves. Here are the new ones I spotted from one of the directories (the surname was changed to default ‘Liu’ to preserve the anonymity of the individuals.)

Mango Liu –> I’ve seen a lot of these Chinese folks naming themselves after fruits. I wonder why…

Rainking Liu –> I bet this guy’s envisioning himself as one of the anime characters.

Rooter Liu –> It sounded like a cross between a rooster, and a hooker.

Runner Liu –> He makes a good office boy.

Cowit Liu –> A cow from IT department?

Jackal Liu –> Oooooo jackals are badasss.

Dream Liu –> Won’t make a good security guard

Mirinda Liu –> So, we’ve seen Fanta, and now Mirinda. What next? PowerRoot?

Ninja Liu –> An assassin without any disguise.

Simba Liu –> His dad is Mufasa, and his tagline is Hakuna Matata

Mouse Liu –> I wonder if his name was conceived from a real rodent, or that computer pointing device?

Donkey Liu –> Insult him, and he won’t have a choice to get mad “Hey Donkey! Come over here!”

Tree Liu –> He’s a little bit more than just a stump.

Mallet Liu –> Customized insult for him “Hey Mallet, you’re a tool”…

Babble Liu –> Gives the phrase ‘that babbling bitch’ a whole new meaning

Child Liu –> You can’t blame him for anything, coz he’s just a child. Wicked.

Jump Liu –> His brothers are Squat, Crouch and Teabag

Double Liu –> Imagine this “Hi, my name’s Double, and I’m still single”

Six Liu –> He’s probably the sixth kid in the family. You can guess the rest of his siblings’ names.

Jungle Liu –> You’d get malaria by just talking to him.

Flying Liu –> Otherwise known as ‘chasing the dragon’.

Alehandoo Liu –> A friend told me it was an alternate spelling for ‘ada hantu’.

Catbean Liu –> I wonder what’s a cat-bean. Cat’s testicles? Shouldn’t that be called ‘cat nuts’? Or ‘cat balls’?

Euphemia Liu –> Wow, that’s sophisticated man.

Yoyo Liu –> This is a name usually adopted by cats.

Polar Liu –> As long as he’s not bipolar… he should be fit to work.

Iceblue Liu –> You can tell from his name, that he’s trying to be cool.

Auditor Liu –> This is the motherfucker of all bizarre names. Who in their right mind calls himself an auditor?

and some other miscellaneous names that are totally bizarre and sounds so fucking out of place:

Njula, Sicaty, Karolar, Mumu, Setuis, Beank, Slook, Lalasa

Sounds like a bunch of space aliens that are bidding to take over our planet, don’t they? But these are real people who works in my company. As you can probably tell from the current and past lists, these engineers and executives from China know no boundary when it comes to naming themselves. They’d call themselves ANYTHING, just to get things going. And we still have a long way to go to achieve that standard… I have to give it to them man… like, totally.

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related entries:
Exotic names I
Exotic names II
Exotic names III

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12 comments: “exotic names IV”


  • dwkm
    November 1st, 2007, 4:07 pm | #

    hahaha…dis is getting funnier and also freakier….
    omg ….how in the world did they come up wid those names??? *faint*
    so weird la…………


  • Arkane
    November 1st, 2007, 5:43 pm | #

    I got a guy in my office named pangsai. And he definitely did not give that name to himself.


  • danielle
    November 2nd, 2007, 2:55 am | #

    feels like they just opened the english dictionary one day, went… hmm this name feels nice to pronounce, and adopted it! oh.. and you know how the chinese love to find good meanings behind the names? the auditor guy would probably tell people his name means “very good with details, has integrity etc etc”


  • November 2nd, 2007, 8:21 am | #

    dwkm - Some were directly translated from their Chinese names. Like if your first name is ‘Lean’, then the English synonym should be ‘Lotus’.

    arkane - Pangsai! No kidding man!

    danielle - In my previous list, there’s even one called ‘Chimpanzee’ - that was the top of my list of the most absurd name I’ve ever heard.


  • November 3rd, 2007, 11:23 pm | #

    I can’t imagine anyone with the name pangsai o_O.
    I’ve had three kids in class with the name Legend, Master and Yahoo. All brothers. Where did their parents get the ideas from?


  • November 4th, 2007, 9:15 pm | #

    I think the kids’ parents could be anime fanatics.


  • Feizal
    November 5th, 2007, 8:15 am | #

    “Donkey Liu –> Insult him, and he won’t have a choice to get mad “Hey Donkey! Come over here!””

    wahahaahaahhahaha x 20


  • Z
    November 5th, 2007, 1:45 pm | #

    Tried this from my office email as well! Found a couple of Stones, some Echos, a Land, a Spark, a Lizzar, a Remote..the best were Leeky Liu and Poope Xie!!!!


  • November 6th, 2007, 4:42 pm | #

    Lalasa is a really weird name. People can sure come up with weird names. I know of a few:

    Xeno
    Xenas
    Barnabas

    Perhaps you would like to come up with meanings for these.


  • dsaint
    November 6th, 2007, 8:30 pm | #

    i had a guest name Raja Doghouse. yes, thats the spelling.


  • November 6th, 2007, 10:08 pm | #

    i yet to see penis liu or pussy liu..


  • dy
    November 7th, 2007, 2:51 pm | #

    hahaha … michael . ur working for dell ?
    lol