DT Namewatch #23: "There is no such thing as a 'good' name or a 'bad' name" edition

Lichai and Ila, well-dressed brother and sister [via babble]

Alastair Roderic Craigellachie Dalhousie Gowan Donnybristle MacMac, aka Wee Gillis. I think MacMac's my favorite. [via nybr]

Widuran Bertram, source of the quote in the title [via bbc]

Remo, Italian fashion executive

Junya, Japanese designer. I've been thinking about it a lot; can a non-Japanese kid ever pull off a Japanese name? [both via nyt]

1 Comment

eric meyerson | December 26, 2006 7:08 PM | Reply

No, non-Japanese kids cannot pull off Japanese names. In fact, I think half-Japanese kids can hardly pull it off unless they're raised in Japan.

Our kid's quarter Japanese, and we recognized early on that the Japanese name wudn't gonna fly.

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December 21, 2006