Name List: A. Research Notes

A. Miscellaneous
22A. Need To Research More
24A. Research Notes
9I. Favorites
70II. Diacritical Delights
21II. Double Names
24II. Fashionably Old
27II. It Could Be Jade
51II. Really Long Names
9II. Really Short Names
42II. Water Entendre
85III. Central European
67III. Eastern European
60III. French
80III. German
43III. Méridional
116III. Native Vietnamese
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Names that I found interesting stories or tidbits about while researching.
▾ Standard view
Name M/F Remark
Chẩm m / f fishy anatomy
Dạ f / m Lâm Vỹ Dạ is probably named after the place, Vỹ Dạ, because it's a subject of a famous poem by Hàn Mặc Tử
Hộc m "some sources write his name as Lương Nhữ Hộc [instead of Lương Như Hộc]" but I can only find one source for that and looking for any other Nhữs only brings up ppl with the surname
Kháp m "many sources write his name as Cáp or Hợp, because of the reading of [合] under the radical Miên (宀)"
Nô En f / m "I was born at 1AM on Christmas Day and my neighbor was like 'It's Christmas' so that's why dad named me that"
Sách m it's possible Thi Sách's name is just Thi, but then where does the Sách come from?
Sùng m I never knew Lạc Long Quân had a real name (Sùng Lãm)
Tiệp m / f Nguyễn princes couldn't keep it in their pants so they had to recycle names but they used different radicals because Minh Mạng neurotically made this elaborate scheme for his family
Xảo m / f "one military doctor insisted it was Sảo, not Xảo, but I remember clearly it was Xảo, otherwise why else would there be a huge X in his signature"