Tuesday 31 July 2018

2099 Novel Name of the Day


Langston Suen, founder and CEO of Opharmic Technology, a Hong Kong-based medical technology start-up (see news story).

The name Langston is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "long stone". Also possibly "long town" or "tall man's town".

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Name Category: Rare

Sunday 29 July 2018

The Eyes Have it Mesut Ozil

Lenford "Lenny" Leonard has a real life doppelganger in footballer Mesut Ozil.

Lenny Leonard

Mesut Ozil


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2098 Novel Name of the Day


Rayson CK Tse, dental surgeon, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Creation; Deletion; son-suffix

Friday 27 July 2018

2097 Novel Name of the Day


Surdham Lam, bookseller, FlowBooks, Hong Kong

see news story featuring Surdham Lam


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Name Category: Creation

Wednesday 25 July 2018

2096 Novel Name of the Day

Silver Fok, system consultant, Softmedia Technology Co Ltd, Hong Kong

see 1249 Novel Name of the Day 

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Name Category: Rare for Males; Rare for Females

Monday 23 July 2018

2095 Novel Name of the Day


Ansidy Li (Mr), restaurant assistant manager, The Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong

About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation

Saturday 21 July 2018

2094 Novel Name of the Day


Freeyon Chung (Mr), presenter, Dolce Vita (lifestyle programme), TVB, HK (March 2018)

About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation

Thursday 19 July 2018

2093 Novel Name of the Day

Pinki Wong (Ms), reporter, TVB News, Hong Kong

see Pinky at 1061 Novel Name of the Day and this real doll for HK girls.

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Name Category: Creation

Tuesday 17 July 2018

2092 Novel Name of the Day

Xania Wong, founder of JobDOH (a social enterprise offering a smart hiring booking platform to help temporary workers connect with and find the right jobs), Hong Kong


About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation

Sunday 15 July 2018

2091 Novel Name of the Day


Anaka Ma Lai-wah, general secretary of the Free Methodist Church of Hong Kong Social Service Division and operator of the Fantastic Ladies Café (now closed) 

Hausa origin, and Anaka means "sweet-faced"
About Novel Names
Name Category: Rare

Friday 13 July 2018

2090 Novel Name of the Day


Fina Cheung (Ms), bank teller, HSBC (Causeway Bay), Hong Kong

Spanish origin and is short form of Josefina (Hebrew) "Jehovah increases".

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Name Category: Rare

Wednesday 11 July 2018

2089 Novel Name of the Day


Dawn Chan (Mr), coffee shop owner (obtained 4th place, barista championships, Seattle 2014), Central, Hong Kong

Featured on Money Magazine (2 March 2018) 

see also Mr Vicky Cheng 1082 Novel Name of the Day

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Name Category: Creation for male

Monday 9 July 2018

2088 Novel Name of the Day


Racky Lam (Mr), sales director, Golden Keys (China) Property HK Ltd, Hong Kong

About Novel Names
Name Category: Creation; Substitution

Saturday 7 July 2018

2087 Novel Name of the Day


Jeffie Lam (Ms), reporter, SCMP, Hong Kong

A girls' name (also used as boys' name Jeffie) has its root in Welsh, and the name Jeffie means "fair and smooth"

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Name Category: Rare

Thursday 5 July 2018

2086 Novel Name of the Day


Arabella Ng, 16, Hong Kong representative at the Winter Olympics 2018 (lives in Vermont, US)

Latin origin, and the meaning of Arabella is "prayerful". 


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Name Category: Rare

Tuesday 3 July 2018

2085 Novel Name of the Day


Jackson Wong, analyst, Huarong International Securities, Hong Kong

About Novel Names
Name Category: Rare; Son-suffix

Sunday 1 July 2018

2084 Novel Name of the Day


Gino Yu, associate professor, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (and husband to Lily Chiang Lai-lei, who has a phonetic-based Western first name) 


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Name Category: Rare