Wednesday 31 August 2016

1799 HKSAR Name of the Day

Holden Chow Ho-ding, politician, Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Phonetic-based

Monday 29 August 2016

1798 HKSAR Name of the Day

Claren Chan, administrator (claren@hku.hk), University of Hong Kong

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation

Saturday 27 August 2016

1797 HKSAR Name of the Day

Tinny Ho (Dr), dermatologist, SkinCentral, Hong Kong

see 0421 HKSAR Name of the Day 

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Phonetics-based

Thursday 25 August 2016

1796 HKSAR Name of the Day

Selwyn Mar, former president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Rare

Tuesday 23 August 2016

Sunday 21 August 2016

1794 HKSAR Name of the Day

Charmain Tan, registered dietitian, Seventeen Nutrition Consultants, Hong Kong

Old German and English name. The meaning of the name Charmain is "free man; charm".

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Name Category: Rare

Friday 19 August 2016

1793 HKSAR Name of the Day

Anson Chan Yiu-cheung (Mr), eldest son of Anita Chan Lai-ling a Hong Kong philanthropist

see other Ansons

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation for females; Rare for males; Son-suffix; somewhat common in Hong Kong

Wednesday 17 August 2016

1792 HKSAR Name of the Day

Anson Mui Ka-leung, Chelsea supporters' club chairman, Hong Kong

see other Ansons

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation for females; Rare for males; Son-suffix; somewhat common in Hong Kong

Monday 15 August 2016

1791 HKSAR Name of the Day

Panda Chu, physiotherapist and mother interviewed by SCMP about having her baby delivered by Caesarean section, Hong Kong.

Here's the lead paragraph (Knife's edge, 23 August 2011):
To avoid damage to her pelvic floor muscles and the risk of incontinence, Panda Chu decided to have her first child delivered by Caesarean section. "I was more interested in the product than the process," the physiotherapist says. "But I can understand other women's sense of achievement in wanting to go through labour." 

see another Panda here 1574 HKSAR Name of the Day
About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Nature-based

Saturday 13 August 2016

1790 HKSAR Name of the Day

Gannon Jow, teacher, Hong Kong (A Chinese-American teacher jailed for 10 years in August 2011 for stabbing to death a stranger who intervened in a drunken brawl during a night out in Tsim Sha Tsui in August 2010)

The meaning of Gannon is "fair-skinned"

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Name Category: Rare

Thursday 11 August 2016

Tuesday 9 August 2016

1788 HKSAR Name of the Day

Genie Sin, Diamond Hill, Hong Kong (SCMP letters 6 August 2011)

Genie means "noble aristocrat; God is gracious"

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Name Category: Rare

Sunday 7 August 2016

1787 HKSAR Name of the Day

Kavinia Wong, account manager, Style Magazine, SCMP, Hong Kong kavinia.wong@scmp.com 

Note: also see Lavinia Chang, who is a writer at SCMP.

Perhaps the writer Lavinia is well educated in English (and hence has a proper first name), whereas the local salesperson Kavinia is relatively lacking in English skills although she wants to stand out and be noticed (and thus chooses a novel made-up name)?


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Name Category: Creation; Substitution

Friday 5 August 2016

1786 HKSAR Name of the Day

Jacinto Tong Man-leung, vice-chairman, Gale Well Group (private real estate investment firm), Hong Kong

Spanish and Greek origin. Jacinto is the masculine form of the Greek flower name Hyacinth.

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Name Category: Rare

Wednesday 3 August 2016

1785 HKSAR Name of the Day

Willim Yeung Wai-lim, ISN No 081662, winner of two tickets for "Sunny Side", EPS Lucky Draw (please visit rewardeps.com.hk/jan), Hong Kong

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Deletion; Phonetic-based

Monday 1 August 2016

1784 HKSAR Name of the Day

Pesan Tse Pui-shan, ISN No 007602, winner of two tickets for "Sunny Side", EPS Lucky Draw (please visit rewardeps.com.hk/jan), Hong Kong

About Novel HKSAR Names
Name Category: Creation; Phonetic-based?