Baby has a name

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · April 2013

Well, a middle name that is.

Anyhoo, Baby Boy's middle name shall be Lai Hin (???)

DH tells me "Hin" is a very masculine name, and it also was the name of some famous emperor (the Yellow Emperor, to be exact). Sounds maybe a little too pompous for my taste, but DH and FIL both seem pretty stoked about it.

As for "Lai", it is part of the family name for our children's generation. The way it was explained to me is that there is a family poem, and each generation uses the next word of the poem as the first part of their name. So if the poem went "The shimmering river flows...", then DH's name would start with "Shimmering"(as would any sibling of his), then his kid's names would start with "River". In our children's case, that word is "Lai", so the girls are Lai Yi and Lai Sum, and Baby Boy will be Lai Hin.

NotSharknado · April 2013

I love that. This is what I consider a meaning behind a name. Very, very interesting.

Rachey1082 · April 2013

I love the meaning behind it. Very nice!

BabyQuizzle · April 2013

I love it! DH's family, also Asian, does a similar thing with the generations all having a common first part of the middle name. But instead of a poem, it is chosen by the eldest female in the family.