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Boys names that go with Chinese last name - help!!

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Clapina · 21/09/2011 11:39

my husband and I are trying to come up with a shortlist of names that goes well with his last name (Ho)...

I am Italian and, altough it would be lovely to give the baby an Italian name, pretty much all of them end in "o" and they just don't sound right next to the last name (Paolo Ho, Marco Ho, Tommaso Ho)

We both really like Maximilian (nn Max) but I worry that kids might make fun of a Max Ho at school. Does it really sound like a pimp's name?

What do you think?

I am open to all comments/suggestions :-)

Thanks!

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Kayano · 21/09/2011 22:27

I know a
clement with that last name

Catsycat · 21/09/2011 21:19

I know you said not, but I like Marco Ho! Max Ho is a bit of a porn name IMO .

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Clapina · 21/09/2011 16:25

so many ideas, this is great!! ... or even more confusing ;-)

Adam in Italian is Adamo ie Adam+Ho (I am not considering all the names that work in the same way between EN and IT)... Matt+Ho in italian is "matto" that means "crazy"....we already have a Sebastian, Giovanni and Daniele in our circle...

This is really tricky. I am starting to hope that it is a girl (we don't know the sex of the baby)!! :-P

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poppydaisy · 21/09/2011 14:42

But you need to consider whether the nicknames go with Ho

Will Ho
Seb Ho
Matt Ho
Ben Ho

Adam Ho is good, as is David Ho.

NewbieT · 21/09/2011 14:35

PS great genes he'll have, bet he's gorgeous!

thirtysomething · 21/09/2011 14:34

Classic English name go well, eg:

Peter Ho
Sebastian Ho
Anthony Ho
William Ho
Matthew Ho
Richard Ho
Benjamin Ho
Benedict Ho
David Ho
Lewis Ho
Robert Ho
Adam Ho

Unfortunately can't think of many Italian names that sound ok, due to most ending in "o". What about Daniele or Davide Ho?

You could go for French or Spanish names to get an approximation?

eg:

Antoine Ho
Stephane Ho
Luis/Louis Ho,
Emmanuel Ho
Xavier/Javier Ho
Raphael Ho
Felipe Ho

NewbieT · 21/09/2011 14:33

random suggestion for an Italian name not ending in 'o' - Giovanni Ho ...?

gegs73 · 21/09/2011 14:31

Nicholas Ho

Meteorite · 21/09/2011 14:30

Henry Ho is too similar to Hi-de-ho (as in the show Hi-de-hi).

poppydaisy · 21/09/2011 14:24

Luke Ho - are you serious ?

Tortington · 21/09/2011 14:23

Luca Ho?

luke for short - italian and chinese heritage there

Thank me in beer

poppydaisy · 21/09/2011 14:20

Max Ho isn't great, sorry. Two syllables sound much better. I think a name ending in a consonant (e.g. Patrick, Quentin, Jackson, Tristan) sound better with the surname Ho. I don't like Henry Ho, Charlie Ho or Vinny Ho.

SecretSquirrel193 · 21/09/2011 13:49

Vincent Ho (Vinny Ho)

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Clapina · 21/09/2011 13:26

Wow, thanks for all the replies. We already have an Oliver, Alexander and Samuel in the immediate/family and circle of friends.

Also I would really prefer for the kids to have their father's name only (we don't really use double barrelled names in Italy)

I like the sound of James Ho (Jamie Ho) and Patrick (Paddy Ho?)

What about Henry Ho or Charles Ho?

Is there any other way to shorten Maximilian in English? :-P

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LaWeasel · 21/09/2011 12:49

I think whatever you pick is going to be tricky for the teen years because Ho is still Ho!

In which case you might as well just have whatever you like...

hulabula · 21/09/2011 12:41

yeah, you're right greenzebra Felix Ho doesn't sound good on further reflection.

And neither does Hector (Hecky) Ho imo

Meteorite · 21/09/2011 12:27

... or Tally

(just so you can avoid anything that sounds like these!)

Meteorite · 21/09/2011 12:25

Gung
Hey
Hoho

CaptainNancy · 21/09/2011 12:25

Marcus
Lucien
Daniel (though I suspect there may be more than a few Daniel Ho s around in the world already!)
Jackson
Hector/Ettore?

We gave our children their ethinc heritage name as one of their middle names tbh

greenzebra · 21/09/2011 12:19

dont go for Felix Ho (break down it down Fe - licks - Ho) you dont want anything with Licks ho in it.

ThePosieParker · 21/09/2011 12:18

WE have some Chinese-English children at school and they have double barrelled names....

EG.

Joseph West-Chang
Lucy Millard-Lu

Perhaps consider your dcs have both your and DH's name?

mopsyflopsy · 21/09/2011 12:15

I agree that a two syllable name sounds best with such a short surname. We too have a one-syllable surname and both our kids have two syllable first names - I think that sounds best. And I also agree that the first name shouldn't end in -o.

How about Tristan Ho, Jamie Ho, Alex Ho, Patrick Ho and I also like the suggestions of Quentin Ho and Felix Ho.

I'm not keen on Max Ho, sorry.

TangerineQueen · 21/09/2011 12:09

Raphael/Rafael?
Daniele?

Though I think Max is fine and you love it!

hulabula · 21/09/2011 12:06

I think you should go for a (unshortenable) two syllable name. Max Ho doesn't sound good imo. And neither does Dan Ho or Sam Ho imo.

How about
Felix Ho
Quentin Ho
Adam Ho

nailak · 21/09/2011 12:03

bruce, bruno

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