Foreign names? Options

[jennyjenny]

For those who were born out of United States and have moved here, do you guys have an American name?

And if yes, then what do you prefer people calling you?

I have three friends and they aren't from America and they have their own names. This one girl I switch around, and this other girl i call her by the name that she had since 3rd grade. But this one guy has an American name but he doesn't really like it, but everyone already knows him as that name so he can't change it.

So what do you call people by?

[*ranniel*]

I don't really like my name.. Ranniel Whenever something like this is brought up, I just say.. I think my name is too filipino-ish. But anyways, my girlfriends at school like calling me ricky.

[silver-rain]

I don't have a foreign name, but, a lot of the people at my school has a foreign name, and then a name they prefer to be called. I usually call them by that name. For example, my boyfriend has a Chinese name, but I usually only call him by his "American" name.

[*Blow_Don't_SUCK*]

I have an English name that people used in the Philippines. No one in school calls me by my real name, Yen.

[ashwin]

I was born in the UK, but I'm Punjabi with a Hindu name. That's the only name I use, and go by.

By uncles father-in-law however, goes by "Frank" and you know damn well that he is neither Frank, nor does his name begine with a 'F'.

[*stephinika*]

Yeah, I don't, but all the Korean people here do...
Tae Hun is Terry, and then there's Albert, Andrew, Henry, and more...I can't remember all their Korean though.

[voguelove]

my REAL name is Tsui Ka Wai. My last name is "Tsui" and in china, thats the first symbol of your three characters. i found out 2-3 years that my name is also a piano brand. kawai.

but since moving to america when i was 3, i was dubbed as maggie. and thats my american name.

[AnnahhbeL]

yehh..i have a foreign name but i was in the U.S., though i used an english name ever since i was born..

my foreign name is Ting Ting.
OOOHHH! new smileys!

[Gypsy Eyes]

I dont have a foreign name but two of my best friends do; Zahana and Azure. Foreign names are usually beautiful.

[xETechnoElmo3x]

i dont have one but my friend born in the phillipenes does. her name is Ryhnelie.

[*jooleeah*]

I have both a Chinese and American name. The only people that call me by my Chinese name are my Chinese school teachers or some old classmates from millions of years ago. xD

[lovescream]

It's weird. I don't have a chinese name. O_O But I was actually born in the US.

My name is Toby.. and I hate it so badly. I think it makes me sound fobby. :P My mom named me, and hell yes, she is a fob.

[*ranniel*]

Yen is not a filipino name. Wait, h/o are you filipino?

[*mona lisa*]

Ooh. Azure is a beautiful name!

My name isn't anything ethnic although Mona is a common Indian name.

[Teesa]

Haha, I hate the first day of school. No, not because it's school, it's because I'm afraid of how teachers will pronounce my name

My real name is Bidita (it's a Bengali name because my parents are from India) and my "middle" name is Teesa. So I always have to say I go by Teesa. But everyone likes saying both names nowadays, so I answer to whatever =]

[tktrang]

Trang or Jane? Depends.... I like my foregin name, but Jane is so much easier to be called with. So Jane for those who don't know me and Trang for those who know me.

[ecargnmyst]

well..i was born in the U.S. and i was born Grace so i go by grace..but my foreign name is Ting Ting..which no one calls me..but if i were in taiwan...theyd call me by my taiwanese nickname...which is different from the above..

alot of ppl at my school have foreign names..for example...id be talking about my friend David..and his/my friends would be like..wait..which..u mean Dai Wei? and its really confusing b/c some ppl know him by his chinese name and others his english name..so theyre like..i dont know a david but i know a Wei Dai. so its confusing when someone uses both of their names in school..and were talking about the same ppl w/o even realizing it..

haha..and there was this comedian the other day who was making fun of ppl who use 2 names..and theyre nothinngg like each other..."hey, my real name is Zhang Du Wang, but you can call me Herbert" loll

[The_AZN_Godfathe...]

My real name is Arjuna. I was actually called that most of my elementary years but some kid (I don't know who) started calling me Archie. Then came Archibald, Arch, Chi, and a whole bunch of other names. Archie was the one that stuck though, so most people just call me Archie. A lot easier for the subsitute teachers.

Some close people still call me Arjuna though.

[heyyfrankie]

my friend's korean name is Sung-Ye. her american name is Alex ;-;

she likes to go by alex but I CALL HER SUNG-YE!! :D

[Smoogrish]

A ton of my friends have foreign names.. one guy, David (his american name) hates being called Peichen, which is his foreign name. I call him that all the time. There are other people who just go by their foreign names though. They're cool. Xinyi, Jeechee, Minsoo. Very cool.

[*lil_chubby_cheeks2*]

american name - monica
vietnamese name - kim thanh


but they just call me monica -shrug-

[*mipadi*]

My Russian friend always went by her American name, Barbara--until she got to college, and then she started going by her Russian name, Varia (roughly pronounced VA-dee-ah, or some I'm told by her). It was kind of weird at first, but now I couldn't imagine calling her anything but Varia.

[radhikaeatsraman]

My name's Radhika. It's an Indian name, but I don't have an American name. >< I wanted one when I was little, but I'm happy with my name now.

[xxxSiERRAxxx]

Wow....I love all these beautiful names
Haha this kid in my class, his name is Maci. (MUH-see)
Its always funny cuz when a substitute is teaching, they always assume Maci is a girl so they pronounce it like Macy. He gets so pissed, the last time he yelled out, "IT FREAKING MUH-SEE!! ALL YOU FREAKING SUBS NEED TO GET IT RIGHT, OKAY?!??" He was suspended for two days
--->Sierra

[PrincessAda]

I have a home name.
Ying..
Grr I hate it.