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May 1, 2021 11:46 AM
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A modern story of immigration, assimilation, and the challenges that those with Asian personal names encounter through both, Beth Nguyen retells the account of her family arriving in America from Vietnam in the 1980s and the difficulties she encountered surrounding the general public’s perception of her first name.
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March 11, 2019 4:39 AM
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Yaseen. Ellison. Viet. Nguyen. All American names, if we want them to be.
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September 24, 2017 6:40 PM
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What about a name that doesn't feel 'French' but doesn't feel not-French, like Seth?
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April 6, 2016 2:38 PM
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A group of girls graduating from high school dropped the mic on their way out, in a photo surfacing on Imgur this week. Using the space allotted for a cheesy, inspirational senior quote, they seized the opportunity in thei
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February 24, 2016 5:31 PM
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Names from Asian cultures are some of the trickiest to import into the English-speaking world. Many of them use sounds we can't pronounce, or have slightly "off" translations. However, Vietnamese uses an alphabet rather than characters, so many of their native names are ripe for American use. The following ten names would work very well on a mixed-culture baby, for first or middle names.
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October 16, 2015 5:12 PM
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we are citizens of our languages. Choosing names is a way of expressing emotions. The things of this world can exist with as many names as we choose to give them, and the biggest among them can take on many identities without getting any smaller.
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June 8, 2015 6:38 PM
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Big news: I'm offering a limited number of private baby name consultations. Self-promotion done! Now, let's talk Full House, Brit names & Rebel. Yes, Rebel!
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May 1, 2014 2:48 PM
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Dozens of Vietnamese names debuted on the national baby name list in 1975, the year tens of thousands of Vietnamese immigrants arrived in the U.S.
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April 29, 2014 1:29 PM
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A baby girl born in 1975 to a Vietnamese refugee aboard the Danish ship Clara Maersk was named "Clara."
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September 19, 2013 12:56 PM
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I go out for pho, I discover a new name. Life is good.
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April 5, 2021 3:29 PM
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July 3, 2018 2:23 PM
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Comment choisir un prénom dans le cas d’une adoption ? Faut-il conserver le prénom d’origine de l’enfant, ou bien lui en attribuer un nouveau choisi par les parents adoptifs ? Elvia, enfant adoptée devenue jeune adulte, nous parle de son joli prénom. Un récit touchant qui pourrait inspirer des futurs parents à la recherche d’un prénom rare …
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July 28, 2016 6:04 PM
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Years before Vietnamese names like Viet, Hoang, and Ngoc popped up en masse on the U.S. baby name charts, Tron debuted all by itself. Here's why.
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March 2, 2016 5:19 PM
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This is one of my favorite series on the blog. I love introducing you guys to names from cultures you never would have considered for naming inspiration. Like I said last week, I think Vietnamese names are perfect for American use. There are so many of them out there, but I picked ten of my favorites that I would love to hear on a little boy.
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November 26, 2015 5:05 PM
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The 23-year-old, whose name according to the Evening Standard is pronounced Phoo Da Bic, has posted an image of his passport on the social media site after it banned him several times. His picture of proof, and its accompanying message, has been shared more than 123,000 times.
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August 14, 2015 5:19 AM
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Our daughter will be taking my husband's short last name. So Anabelle Vu, which is all right as is, but now I feel like she'll need a middle name.
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May 2, 2014 6:02 PM
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"By second grade I was being regularly informed that I was a bitch. I started fantasizing then about being Beth, or maybe Vanessa or Polly."
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May 1, 2014 2:33 PM
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Why did a handful of Vietnamese-American babies get the name Chaffee in 1975?
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April 29, 2014 1:10 PM
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A baby girl born to a Vietnamese refugee after the Fall of Saigon was named Kirk in honor of rescue ship USS Kirk.
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