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Beijing Olympic Babies | What's in a Name?
Is it cruel if your parents name you after Olympic mascots that resemble little alien babies? Well, according to China's national identity card database stats, "most of the 3,491 people with the name Aoyun, meaning Olympics, were born around the year 2000, as Beijing was bidding to host the 2008 Summer Games."
And..."more than 4,000 Chinese share their names with the Beijing Games mascots, THE FIVE FRIENDLIES: Bei Bei (880 people), Jing Jing (1,240), Huan Huan (1,063), Ying Ying (624) and Ni Ni (642). When put together, the phrase translates to "Beijing welcomes you!"
"The Chinese have increasingly turned to unique names as a way to express a child's individuality. In a country with a population of 1.3 billion people, 87 percent share the same 129 family names."
(Source: Chinese name kids 'Olympics' @ CNN)
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Posted by TamikoNovember 25, 2007 at 9:13 AM
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