Just to give you a little background on this list:
- First we got two sets of numbers for the first name ("7+8" and "7+6", each set has to be in this particular order), these indicate the number of writtern strokes in Chinese characters. These were given to us by Nori's parents and his aunt & uncle, base on several factors, like our birth date, our original names.......
- then we gathered all the chinese characters from the name reference books we have, which add up to a total of 210 names combo under those criteria.....(no wonder Nori has to spent few nights typing up in the excel files.....I think his hair has turn more grey since then)
- so thruout these 3 weeks, we just keep crossing out those we don't like, base on the pronounciation in both Japanese, Cantonese and English.....(what a easy way to narrow down initially...), talking to both future-grandparents, and most importantly, the meaning of each chinese characters, then the list has dropped from 210 to 50 to now 5 only! (what a process)
Here are the "finalists" for the first name. ( 神林 Kambayashi- is our last name)
- 宏明 ヒロアキ Hiroaki Kambayashi
- 宏幸 ヒロユキ Hiroyuki Kambayashi
- 克幸 カツユキ Katsuyuki Kambayashi
- 孝拓 タカヒロ Takahiro Kambayashi
- 良明 ヨシアキ Yoshiaki Kambayashi
Let's see which one is most popular among all of our friends and family. Don't worry, this is just for fun. So leave us your vote here on this blog site, so everyone can keep track with the fun process!! (just click the below "comment" box, then on the "identity" page, just click "other" and type in your name. No need to sign up for anything) ^_^ Thanks for checking this out.
It's been a lot of fun for me and Nori (& hopefully all of u too) in counting the vote of Hish's name. Hope more to come. So far, me and Nori are taking our time to see which one we like most, no decision yet, so hang in there everyone.....^_^ I know Hish is definitely excited in getting his new name soon. Oh, one "minor" thing to keep in mind when u pick your choice, don't forget I will need to have a easy name to yell out if Hish is being naughty or waking him up to go to school..... if he's like future uncle Henry, then I might need to call his name more than 5 times before he will response, so it can't be a name too tricky to pronounce....hee hee... (just kidding).....^_^ here is a photo of uncle Henry and Christa
