Tuesday 30 October 2018

Adi Lau 2152 Notable Name of the Day

Adi Lau Tin-shing (Mr), director, operations, MTR Corporation, Hong Kong (reference)

-->The name is of Teutonic origin, and the meaning of Adi is "awe-inspiring; noble".

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Name Category: Rare

Sunday 28 October 2018

Lincoln Leong 2151 Notable Name of the Day

Lincoln Leong Kwok-kuen, 58, CEO, MTR Corporation who will "depart early" after the HKSAR government demanded heads roll for the scandals plaguing the Sha Tin-Central rail link, the city’s most expensive rail project at HK$97.1 billion (US$12 billion).

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Lincoln Leung (L) and Philco Wong

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The name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Lincoln is "lake colony".
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Friday 26 October 2018

Holmes Chan 2150 Notable Name of the Day

Holmes Chan, reporter, Hong Kong FreePress, Hong Kong

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Name Category: Rare; Literature-based

Wednesday 24 October 2018

Alick Ho 2149 Notable Name of the Day

Alick Ho (Mr), recruiter, Hong Kong 
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The name has its root in Greek, and the meaning of Alick is "man's defender, warrior".

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Tuesday 23 October 2018

Hera Chan 2148 Notable Name of the Day

Hera Chan (Ms), 23, winner, Miss Hong Kong 2018.

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Beauty queen Hera Chan

Hera is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Hera is "queen".

Nominative Determinism successfully at work!

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Name Category: Rare

Monday 22 October 2018

Florrie Ng 2147 Notable Name of the Day

Florrie Ng, child psychologist, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Name Category: Rare

Sunday 21 October 2018

Hectar Pun 2146 Notable Name of the Day

Hectar Pun, human rights lawyer who was barred from teaching a course by Peking University, Hong Kong 

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Name Category: Rare; Literature-based

Saturday 20 October 2018

Linna Huynh 2145 Notable Name of the Day

Linna Huynh (Ms), presenter, Dolce Vita (lifestyle programme), Hong Kong
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The name Linna has its root in Scandinavian, and its meaning is "lime or linden tree".

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Name Category: Rare

Friday 19 October 2018

Anderson Chow 2144 Notable Name of the Day

Anderson Chow Ka-ming, JP, high court, HKSAR Government, Hong Kong (reference)

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Name Category: Rare; Son-suffix

Thursday 18 October 2018

Macrina Wong 2143 Notable Name of the Day

Macrina Wong (Ms), associate director, Phase 1 Centre & Site Operations, Clinical Trials Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 




see mugshot here 
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Name Category: Creation

Wednesday 17 October 2018

Creany Wong 2142 Notable Name of the Day

Creany Wong (Ms), associate director, Business & Project Intelligence, Clinical Trials Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 


see Creamy Lam and Creamy Kong too!
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Name Category: Creation

Tuesday 16 October 2018

Timas Liu 2141 Notable Name of the Day

Timas Liu, overseas properties business development director, Jade Land Properties (HK) Limited, Hong Kong 
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Name Category: Creation; Substitution

Monday 15 October 2018

Dickson Yu 2140 Notable Name of the Day

Dickson Yu Tak-shing, 28, former Hong Kong swimmer and aspiring actor, Hong Kong (reference)

Dickson Yu and Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong athletes

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Name Category: Creation; Phonetic-based?; Son-suffix

Sunday 14 October 2018

Sisley Choi 2139 Notable Name of the Day

Sisley Choi (Ms), local actress and 2013 Miss Hong Kong first runner-up, Hong Kong (reference)

The meaning of the name Sisley is "blind; sixth".
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Saturday 13 October 2018

Adolph Leung 2138 Notable Name of the Day

Adolph Leung, deputy government economist, Hong Kong (reference)

Adolph is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "noble, majestic wolf". The name became less common since the infamous Nazi Adolf Hitler and World War II.
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Name Category: Rare

Friday 12 October 2018

Franco Cheung 2137 Notable Name of the Day

Franco Cheung, 31, a Shue Yan University graduate who became a taxi driver two years ago (in 2016), is among the minority of taxi licence holders aged below 50 in Hong Kong (reference)
Franco is of Latin and Old German origin, and its meaning is "frenchman".
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Thursday 11 October 2018

Philco Wong 2136 Notable Name of the Day

Philco Wong Nai-keung, 64, projects director in charge of scandal-hit Shatin to Central rail link, MTRC (resigned with immediate effect on 7 August 2018), Hong Kong (reference)

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Screwed! Philco Wong playing air guitar

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Name Category: Creation

Wednesday 10 October 2018

Fisher Yu 2135 Notable Name of the Day

Fisher Yu Jing-ping (Ms), cinematographer in Taiwan and wife (widow) of Ms Ellen Joyce Loo, cofounder of Hong Kong band at17, Hong Kong (reference)

Ellen Joyce Loo (R)

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Name Category: Rare for males; Creation for females

Tuesday 9 October 2018

Eman Lam 2134 Notable Name of the Day

Eman Lam Yee-man (Ms), cofounder of Hong Kong band at17, Hong Kong (reference)

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Eman Lam (L) and Ellen Joyce Loo
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Eman is of Arabic origin, and the name means "belief, faith".
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Name Category: Rare; Phonetic-based

Sunday 7 October 2018

Weslie Siao 2133 Notable Name of the Day

Weslie Siao Chi-yung (Mr), 42, celebrity Chinese tutor, Modern Education, Hong Kong (reference).

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Sir, sir!! You have a girl's name!
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Weslie is a girl's name of Old English origin, and its meaning is "western meadow".

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Name Category: Creation for males; Rare for females

Friday 5 October 2018

Seraph Wong 2132 Notable Name of the Day

Seraph Wong Tsz-hin (Mr), 19, formerly a marking assistant from the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (and former student of Kris Lau, celebrity English tutor, Modern Education found guilty of fraud), Hong Kong

-->Seraph is of Hebrew derivation, and its meaning is "burning ones"

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Name Category: Rare

Wednesday 3 October 2018

Ringo Leung 2131 Notable Name of the Day

Ringo Leung, sales director, Midland Realty, Hong Kong (reference here)

-->see other Ringo names in Hong Kong

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Name Category: Rare; somewhat common in Hong Kong

Monday 1 October 2018

Hankie Cheung 2130 Notable Name of the Day

Hankie Cheung (Mr), sorting officer and senior manager, Central Mail Centre, Hongkong Post, Hong Kong (reference here)

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Name Category: Creation; Insertion