Sailor, Cherry, Moon or Sook etc help me pick!!

[Spaghetti0h]

Following on from my other thread I've amended my name choices.
I'd appreciate help/advice on which is nicest.
Middle name would be Jean (named for my nana I can't compromise on this).
I'm half Korean so have picked some Korean names too this time as well. I could add the Korean name as another middle name after my nanas though:
Bae
Chin-Sun
Minji
Moon
So-Ok
Sailor
Ember
Cherry
Magnolia
Bronte
Sage
Venus
Yes I've ditched Apricot & taken on board some of the advice you ladies have given me I appreciate it x

You aren’t naming an anime protagonist or a fanfiction/young adult novel Mary-Sue or a kitten. You’re naming a lawyer/accountant/cleaner/teacher/New Look shop assistant etc etc. A real life human being who deserves the respect of having a real name.
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A quick Google will tell you that these are real Korean names. Yes, maybe a few don't work in the UK for various reasons, but people needn't be so dismissive and mean about them because they have a different connotations here.

The world is bigger than the UK!

@Billandben444

You aren’t naming an anime protagonist or a fanfiction/young adult novel Mary-Sue or a kitten. You’re naming a lawyer/accountant/cleaner/teacher/New Look shop assistant etc etc. A real life human being who deserves the respect of having a real name. This

You guys are so boring whilst being totally ridiculous. I worked with a Mary-Sue in the early 90s in a perfectly respectable job. I went to school with a Laurel and thought it was a lovely name. My own child has a very 'unreal name' - for a person. She is named after a place, which is very unusual (I don't know anyone else with that name globally) but she wants to be a vet and is very ambitious. I don't think her name makes any difference!

@fleurpots

A quick Google will tell you that these are real Korean names. Yes, maybe a few don't work in the UK for various reasons, but people needn't be so dismissive and mean about them because they have a different connotations here.

The world is bigger than the UK!

Chin Sun is a Korean name. Min-ji is but obviously doesn’t work for a quarter Korean child being raised in the uk. Bae is a Korean last name I believe, and would be two part for a first name. Same with moon, usually a last name but would be two syllable for a first name usually.

Brontë, ember, Venus, sage, cherry etc are not Korean names or words.

You guys are so boring whilst being totally ridiculous. I worked with a Mary-Sue in the early 90s in a perfectly respectable job. I went to school with a Laurel and thought it was a lovely name. My own child has a very 'unreal name' - for a person. She is named after a place, which is very unusual (I don't know anyone else with that name globally) but she wants to be a vet and is very ambitious. I don't think her name makes any difference!

I wasn’t raising an issue with the name Mary-Sue, it’s slang for a certain type of protagonist, usually (sadly not always) written by an amateur. Sometimes called a Bella Swan.

Her name might not make a difference and I’m glad she’s so confident. For me if I had to go through school again I’d rather do it without being called a name that sounds like minge or rhymes with penis or is Cherry. Just my opinion.

And yeah, obviously Minji is absolutely fine pronounced correctly and in Busan kindergarten. In a Manchester primary school hearing the teacher call the register and say Mingey? Not so much.

My daughter is called Cherry, age 26 and we’ve not come across anyone else her age called Cherry.

@lottiegarbanzo

Tulip and Fuschia are sometimes used for people too. There are lots of flower possibilities.

The problem is people would misspell Fuchsia all the time 😬

@Spaghetti0h

What are your other heritages?

Bah! Yes they would. It's attractiveness as a name pales when one has to remember its spelling as 'fuc k (h) sia'

Neroli
Aubretia
Fern
Willow
Blossom
Moon-Rae
Zinnia
Billie

All go well Jean ;-)

PPs suggestion of Azalea is the best one, that's very pretty. Cherry is also nice.

@Legalconundrums

Neroli Aubretia Fern Willow Blossom Moon-Rae Zinnia Billie

All go well Jean ;-)

Anything '-Rae' is beyond dreadful and sounds like a man in a string vest. Cherry is lovely though, OP.

I like Sage, but it doesn't go well with Jean.

As others have said, Azaelea is really pretty.

I'll let my stunningly gorgeous friend Rae (short for Raelene) know you disapprove - but personally I love it :-)

Cherry is lovely. We had a Cherry at school, she was super cool with East Asian heritage and didn’t get any ‘pop the cherry’ jokes as far as I know! I also know a Cheryl who goes by the nn Cherry.

Gonna go against the grain here apparently and say that your Korean name choices are lovely, I don't see how they 'won't work in the UK', aside from Minji which is a bit to close to Minge in its written form and Bae being a slang term amongst kids. The rest are lovely names.

I do like the name Azalea that was suggested upthread so here are my
Suggestions.

Azalea Jean Chin-Sun
Azalea Jean Moon
Azalea Jean So-ok
Azalea Jean Bronte

@ChairCareOh

Magnolia is a really bland paint colour popularized in the 1980s. It’s still the colour of choice for a lot of landlords.

I like Chin-Sun but it will be shortened to Chin. Would a kid mind being called Chin for the rest of their life?

I don't see why given that she'll know it as a Korean name first and English word second.

Op my friends who are Chinese or Korean are always known by their chinese/Korean names and no one bats an eyelid. They also have alternative British first names which I'm guessing they might have used more as children.

Please remove Minji

I think Azalea Jean Moon Last Name sounds lovely. I would also like to add Iris or Rose as other floral options. I do also like Sage, Sailor and Magnolia from your options, but not sure how it would fit with Jean. I actually have a lovely student named Cherry, she doesn’t get picked on at all.

Oh and if you like Luna, you might also like Stella or Celeste which has the same sort of vibes as Moon.

Other Korean name suggestions, which aren’t too difficult to spell or pronounce, would be:
Chanmi
Dana
Eunji
Fei
Hana

Haru
Jisoo
Min
Yoora

I do like Haru as a first name. Haru Jean Moon sounds lovely as well. Not sure well the other options would go with Jean but I just loved how they sounded and I don’t think there is anything wrong with having a Korean first name because the world is always changing.

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Cherry Jean is so cute! Put whatever you like after that. Apart from Minji.

I think the pp has the perfect suggestion of Azalea Jean. It feels very right and fits your brief. Beautiful 🥰

@MerryMarigold

As one of the most beautiful Korean spring flowers, azaleas have a faithful purple color.

Azalea is even cooler than Magnolia. I love names with a z in.

I didn't know azaleas were a thing in Korea.

Azalea is my guilty pleasure name and you could use Zalie as a nickname which I think it fabulous.

Otherwise OP, I would go for Cherry or Magnolia and use one of the Korean names as a middle name. I like Moon as a middle name.

Chin-Sun is so elegant! I love it