Naming Your Son Or Daughter.

[SaiTheSin]

Hello everyone. I would like to know how you guys have handled naming your kid. Did you give a Thai name or a faring name or both? I am having some trouble in this matter as the birth certificate has not been issued yet. I have named my daughter Layla since Birth and she has taken on my family as well. Her grandmother (Thai) is now telling us she will add on a Thai name as well. This is giving me some worries as I do not know how this will affect things. I herd the Thai name they want to give her spoken once and I have no idea how to repeat it again. This is all so stressful. My family back home is also a little upset about this as well as my GF laylas mother. Can she have 2 names? Or will this make life hard for everyone? I’m worried about getting passports done and giving her some long Thai name just takes the cuteness out of it. but all in all im not happy about this with out asking me as well.

Thanks in advance.

[ChangMaiSausage]

What worries give Laylas a middle Thai name I dont see what the issue is? Most if not all Thai names are abreviated so there should be no probelm pronouncing it.

Having a child and worrying about her/his name should be the last of your worries, enjoy the little un!

[SaiTheSin]

What worries give Laylas a middle Thai name I dont see what the issue is? Most if not all Thai names are abreviated so there should be no probelm pronouncing it.

Having a child and worrying about her/his name should be the last of your worries, enjoy the little un!

That’s what I suggested as well. Having some short Thai middle name like Soot-tin or jitsupa orr something cute. But the information ive been told is she has gone and organized this Long thai name with a Monk and it will replace her giving name me and my gf have given her. Upsetting

[technocracy]

This is the point in time where you tell you GFs family to 'do one' and keep their noses out of you and your GFs babys life!

The name on the birth certificate is up to YOU and your GF, no bugger else!

Our son has a western name that me and the wife chose - my wife takes great glee in tell people who ask if he has a Lao name in telling them no he doesn't.

The Thai nickname if the same as in Lao doesn't go on the Birth Certificate but anyway if you and the GF don't want her have one as above tell'em 'do one'!

[joskydive]

I don't believe the grandmother has any rights to say what name your daughter should have. At the end of the day, this baby is yours and your girlfriends. You should decide between yourselves what name your baby should have and no-one else.

I guess the grandmother thinks you're a pushover. Go tell her to take a hike!!!!!

By the way, congratulations. Don't let someone else spoil the pleasure and enjoyment of your newborn.

[Sakeopete]

For my children it was easy as I am of Greek heritage and our kids are named after their grandparents. My sons name Constantinos John is long but we call him CJ and the Thais like it. My wife is very happy to carry on Greek tradition, I'm lucky that way. I asked me wife if she wanted her fathers name as a middle name for our son but she said no so I chose John which is my brothers name.

[tuky]

I have to agree with techno on this one.

I made the mistake of letting the in laws have too much say in things early on and I found that it never ever stopped.

It got to the point where I realised that my wife was not married to me at all but to her mother, I was just the inconvenient bystander.

I ended up having to stand up, lock the gates, close the door in their face and basically ban them from our lives.

True story...oneday my father in law come over to visit. He stayed for about 5 minutes and then left. Later on I wanted to go to the shop to buy beer but I couldn't find the car keys anywhere, that is when I had a sick feeling in my stomach.

I spoke to the wife who called the father in law and yep, you guessed it...he took both sets of car keys with him. Why? because he and mother in law didn't like my wife and I leaving the house...they thought we should be home and the only way they could keep us home was to take our keys.

In short, you and your wife name your child. Not other members of her family. If you let them do this now you will have a lot of issues later on.

[Dont Panic]

Hello everyone. I would like to know how you guys have handled naming your kid. Did you give a Thai name or a faring name or both? I am having some trouble in this matter as the birth certificate has not been issued yet. I have named my daughter Layla since Birth and she has taken on my family as well. Her grandmother (Thai) is now telling us she will add on a Thai name as well. This is giving me some worries as I do not know how this will affect things. I herd the Thai name they want to give her spoken once and I have no idea how to repeat it again. This is all so stressful. My family back home is also a little upset about this as well as my GF laylas mother. Can she have 2 names? Or will this make life hard for everyone? I’m worried about getting passports done and giving her some long Thai name just takes the cuteness out of it. but all in all im not happy about this with out asking me as well.

Thanks in advance.

First of all congratulations on your little one! With both of our daughters we decided to give them western first names and a Thai middle name. This was no problem when applying for passports. We wanted their everyday name on official documents e.g passport, bank statements, I.D cards to be their first name. As I’m sure you’re aware a Thai’s everyday name cannot be found anywhere on any official document…….this could becoming confusing in the west.

[ajarnmark]

For my children it was easy as I am of Greek heritage and our kids are named after their grandparents. My sons name Constantinos John is long but we call him CJ and the Thais like it. My wife is very happy to carry on Greek tradition, I'm lucky that way. I asked me wife if she wanted her fathers name as a middle name for our son but she said no so I chose John which is my brothers name.

Save him from Borat, I heard he is still looking for CJ

[Boo]

Name your kid what you want, the first name, then a thai middle name (regadless of the length) & your family name.

My son has his thai name first & then this Englsih name & his fathers (thai) surname, I chose the thai name to go first but he is not called that name & everyone uses his UK middle name or nickname.

Only you or the mother can register the name so tell the registrar what you want the name to be, grandma will just have to suck it up.

With regards to the 2 names though, make it clear that the 2 names are first names otherwise the registrar may register it as a double barrel surname, as thailand doesn't really recognise middle names.

[pop3]

If they are from a Thai Chinese background, Choosing the baby's name especially if it's a boy is often given to the parent's of the baby's farther,

If they are Thai then sometimes they will ask a monk to name the child, others will simply nane the child themselves.

But as was said before the choice at the end of the day is between you and your partner, but remember the child is of mixed race, I think it's nice to have a Thai and foreign name