Baby Name That Works In Thailand And Uk

[Eastender]

My wife is about to give birth to our first baby, we don't know if its a boy or girl. We were going to choose a good old English/European name, then perhaps a Thai middle name. Then someone told me, as soon as his half Thai/English kid was born he looked at it and relalized it wasn't a Dave or Bob and hence couldn't give it a normal English name. He's now got a boy called Tiger and a girl called Asia.

While names like these can sometimes seem a little pretentious, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions of a single name which could work well in both the UK and Thailand?

Thanks.

[Jimjim]

Just give your kid an English name and a Thai name, like you said. Who cares what that guy said? It's just his opinion. It really doesn't matter.

[Thaicoon]

Just give your kid an English name and a Thai name, like you said. Who cares what that guy said? It's just his opinion. It really doesn't matter.

My little girl who is 5, we named her Saffron and kept her mothers maiden name for the middle name, so it is Saffron Keram Jones, it works well.

[jdinasia]

Natalie? Nathan? ---- Nat.

[chinthee]

if a girl, Edith, which in short form in Thailand, Ead is a common nickname.

[Gary A]

My Thai sister in law and her Thai husband named their second boy Patrick. And no, they are Buddhists. LOL! They just liked the name and asked me a lot of questions about the name. I spent some time on the Internet researching the name and trying to explain about Saint Patrick.

The boy already has a Thai nickname and it is doubtful that his real name will be used very often anyways.

[expatgaz]

My 2 boys are Alfie & Thomas.No Thai nick name and everything is well.

[thai_narak]

my boy doesn't have a thai nick name and another one (boy) is coming and we are not planning to give him a thai name as well. i've told my wife if she wants to give a thai name it is ok for me but it seems that she doesn't welcome the idea. all is well.

i like the idea of keeping the missus maiden name as middle name but it is too late for me now.

Edited June 23, 2007 by thai_narak

[Flow]

Linda if it's a girl

[Artisan]

How about these two? My daughters are blessed with these.

Saranya (Thailand) and Sara, or even Sally (UK)

Alissa (Thailand) and Alice (UK)

Sorry, I can't help you with a boy's name.

Edited June 23, 2007 by Artisan

[Luckydog]

I favour 'Poo'. No? Oh well, please yourself........

[WaiWai]

My Thai sister in law and her Thai husband named their second boy Patrick. And no, they are Buddhists. LOL! They just liked the name and asked me a lot of questions about the name. I spent some time on the Internet researching the name and trying to explain about Saint Patrick.

If he changes his name, he will be an Ex-Pat. Heh .

To the OP : I think names from a vast array of cultures, including Thai, are found in the UK now. So I think any number of Thai names (so long as it's not too long/difficult to remember/pronounce & doesn't have a negative meaning in English) could be fine, just as an "English" name might be. Perhaps you could wait until you meet your child before you decide what would seem right for him/her.

[Paulbangkok]

My Son is one, we named him Louis (pronounced Louey), as and when we decide to return to the U.K he will have the option of Using Louey which is the Thai of French pronunciation or Louis the traditional English version.

I like Charee for a Girl.

[Xangsamhua]

Friend of mine named his son Albert, same name as Albert "Bird" Thongchai McIntyre.

I gave my son an English name and my daughters Thai names.

Edited June 23, 2007 by Xangsamhua

[phazey]

We've Jeremy, I call him Jez, she calls him "mee-mee" - and every time she does i "nnnnnnnnngh!" a lot.

[coldcrush]

Call him/her what you and your Wife want, this is a silly thread IMO. Do you not have a mind of your own? Sit and decide with your Wife a boys name and a girls name and get over it. Who gives a <deleted> what ppl think, its your child and you make the decision...anyways what about Elvis? Cmon evryone knows Elvis!

[soundman]

Give your baby a thai name & an English name, in addition to your surname. Unusual to have three names in Thailand, however, no probs.

Your child will probably spend most of his / her life answering to a thai nickname (cheu len) (assuming being brought up Thai).

For example:

My daughters two given names are Arika Pralita. Aussie / Thai. She goes by the nickname Rika. My son due next month will be given a Thai / Aussie name.

Cheers,

Soundman.

[Zeid]

well thai and a western name is easy

i am half Jordanian, Half circcasian (still part of russia but not russians but i guess you can say half russian as passport)

and my wofe is thai

our new born if it is a girl will have two names one arab one thai making her name

Dakanda Aya.

now Dakanda there was this movie and the girl name was Dakanda and we liked it

as for Aya, it means something in the Quran, i really do nto knwo what but it sounds good, but the bad part in my mother language Aya means ugly.

another name my wife is trying to convince me with is Natshaya which is cool i guess.

so i wish inly had to worry about two langauges, my step mom and half borther and sister are german, and my name in germany meant Time ZEIT, so god knows what will happen if they decie they want a say as well hahaha

[Shah Jahan]

Even if you give a western name, it is most likely that your child will somehow acquire a thai nickname that they will respond to and go by.

if you look at most thai peoples names they are like 10+ syllabales - but their nicknames are short and easy

when my son was born i was pretty sure what i was going to name him, but when after he came out and I looked at him in the nursery his name just came into my head, like he told me.

maybe your child will do the same!

[sceadugenga]

Mate, your talking to someone from a generation who used to name their kids stuff like Dweezil. Go with what feels good for you.

[Joe Walshe]

We named our two girls Helen and Mona. It wasn't easy as many names would be difficult to pronounce from reading them. also we needed to be careful the name wouldn't lead to a derogatory nickname. we figured with the way the world is changing it's wise to choose a one or two syllable name that can be easily read, pronounded by people throughout the world. Mona is a Thai name, Arab name, and Irish name. We are Thai/Irish union. Good luck.

[johnsurin]

My wife is about to give birth to our first baby, we don't know if its a boy or girl. We were going to choose a good old English/European name, then perhaps a Thai middle name. Then someone told me, as soon as his half Thai/English kid was born he looked at it and relalized it wasn't a Dave or Bob and hence couldn't give it a normal English name. He's now got a boy called Tiger and a girl called Asia.

While names like these can sometimes seem a little pretentious, I wonder if anyone has any suggestions of a single name which could work well in both the UK and Thailand?

Thanks.

Just call he/she what you want, that's what I did. I thought of the same thing as you, hence I came up with Kai (as I knew it was a boy). However they will not call a boy "Egg" (Kai), in thailand, but chicken (Gy) is ok. So he got called Steven, I think that was a better option to Supharat, Tannaporn, and so on.

Good luck.

[Zeid]

talking about Kai

in teh village where we stay

there are two boys and they are called

Ham Noi

and

Ham Yai

strangly they are brothers as well.

as all are saying call what ever you feel like, our new born in the ultrasound looked like a worm so now i started calling him Noan like worm so not sure if that will stick to teh new born or not.

[qwertz]

The native Americans called their children after something currently happening at the time of conception, i.e: Running Bear or Small Deer.

Just don't call it Broken Rubber.

[chanchao]

I went with a first name that wouldn't sound odd in either Thai or English (and most other Western languages). Then her second name is a family name (my mother, sister, grandmother have it as either their first or second given name).

So far she hasn't acquired a Thai nickname, just her first name gets shortened in a great variety of ways by various people.

[uptou]

what about may,& middle name ow?

[darkside]

My wife was adamant that she did not want a Thai name for our daughter for reasons i am still yet to fathom, which was a shame as i've always like the name Tittyporn, anyway we settled on Annabel.

[pumpuiman]

My mother in laws name is "Lamai"

I always thought it was a beautiful name.

It's also the name of a Hawaiian island.

[Zeid]

talking about native americans or red indians

one time one small kid asks his father why did you call my brother big white bear and he is not white, the father answered because when you mother gave birth i went outside and saw a big great white bear,

the sone replied back thank you father

the father said no problem two fkng dogs

[Eastender]

Thanks for the replies.

My original plan is to use Katrina for a girl, (nothing to do with the huricane, it's always been my fave girls name). I like the abreviation 'Cat' which is usable as a Thai nick name too.

And for a boy possibly Samuel, with Sam and Sammy, the later should also work for a Thai nickname.

These are the kind of names I'm interested in and just wondered if anyone had any more that could work in both countries/languages.

Thanks.