Papa & Mama explained to me that the task of coming up with my name took months and months of browsing through name books, getting suggestions from family and friends and even consulting a Chinese pastor to be in Singapore!
Anyway, three names were shortlisted – Evan, Benjamin and Collin. After a few more weeks of shouting my name (hey, I can hear from inside Mama’s tummy, you know) a thousand times everyday, Papa & Mama decided that Benjamin was quite a mouthful – so that left Evan and Collin. Both were too nice to drop so they decided to keep both, that is by making one of them my Chinese name. Since Evan in Chinese (Yi Wen) sounded nicer, the tentative draft was set – Collin Cheah Yi Wen.
For the curious cats, meaning of Evan from www.thinkbabynames.com :
The boy’s name Evan \e-van\ is pronounced EV-an. It is of Welsh origin. Variant of a Gaelic name anglicized as John (Hebrew) “the Lord is gracious“. In Celtic, the name means “young warrior“. In Welsh, it means “God is Good“. It is also used as a short form of Evangelos, which means “good messenger” in Greek. In Hebrew, Evan means “rock“. See also Evian.
Will write more about my Chinese name later. Feeding time. Yummy.
Make sure your Papa knows how to write your Chinese name huh?
yup…dun worry…i’ll give him lessons..;-D