Thursday, October 23, 2008

Name the New Naughton Contest

We give up. Bethany and I have tried and tried to think of a name for our new son. Nothing sounds right. His current name is Jiang Yi Zhan (pronounced jong-ee-jan.) We think Jiang means "pure" or "strong", Yi means "bright" or "virtuous", and Zhan means "talkative, profound, tranquil, or fighting." But, since there are four ways to pronounce each word in Chinese and each pronunciation can have multiple meanings, we really don't have a clue what his name means. The nannies at the orphanage will be able to tell us I hope. Nevertheless, it is hard to spell or pronounce for us westerners. Therefore we will likely change his name.

We need your help. Most American names don't seem to fit a cute little Chinese boy, so we've tossed around a Chinese-American hybrid idea or two. None of our ideas seem to work. So please help us out. Post or email your suggestions to us. If we choose your submission, you will win an official souvenier from our trip to China. (Nevermind the fact that most anything you can buy in America is made in China.) We promise- no melamine contamination or lead-based paints.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Suggestion for name for new addition to the family (no prize necessary)
Jonathan Li Naughton - can call him Jon Li for short. Jon sounds like Jiang (prounouced Jong) so he might be comfortable with that name. Li means strong. It can sound American or Chinese. We can always just call him J since we call Olivia O.

Anonymous said...

Right now I'd vote with Uncle Dougy - Johnathan Li Naughton but you're the only one calls the poor girl O.to work well, or Jong Li...

Yo Mama

Anonymous said...

Paul is a great name for an asian boy. I would also like to suggest the name "Sty Banders"


thank you
Sty Banders

Anonymous said...

My coworker suggest Hudson.