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I`m gonna be dealing with some international clients and ....?

and my company wants me to choose a western name, my real name is a bit of a tongue twister to foreign clients. So what kinda name would you recommend. Its gotta be a westernized one.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
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    Names are important; especially when you have to choose one for yourself. I would suggest doing some research and finding a name in English that comes as close to the meaning of your real name as possible. Tell your bosses that Kuma thinks they are assholes.

    Kuma

  • 10 years ago

    Not a lot to go on here from you but I think I might choose a name that reflects actual true culture and is easy enough to pronounce as well. If you have to make something up, then why not something that includes your actual name and something that is easy for Westerner's to say but still reflects heritage. maybe something like the name of a village or city you like....? Many people in the West whose origin culture is not the US have a "hybrid" name. Because I am a Westerner who has traveled a bit, I know that there is an very real interest in other cultures in international circles and that names are almost always a doorway into one's culture. You may have to forgive a lot of Western naivete but I sense that this is not a problem for you. Why not use this natural curiosity as an advantage and an invitation to educate in an appropriate way as you open doors to understanding? Also is good for business in the right circumstances. Is there a name that is a kind of a crossover between Western and - I presume -Eastern? (Sorry to presume...) A Qigong teacher I studied some time ago is named professionally Kumar Frantizis. It suggests a lot and in explaining his name many doors were opened that might not have been opened before.

    Kuma (above me) does have a point...at least in the culture of the US. ;<) So if that comes up, and it actually might, use it to advantage as well! Introduce interesting cultural differences...and similarities!

  • 10 years ago

    I don't like how they do that. It sometimes takes ages to find out the real names of people from them. There are loads of Chinese people called Steve, and sometimes when I've shortened my surname in online things people have thought I was Chinese.

    If it was me I'd be making a joke out of it, so I'd pick the name of a well known comedian. At the moment there are two called Alan Carr in the UK. But if the employer caught on I'd go for a former one one like Bennie Hill, or Marty Feldman. But it depends where you are going and what well known comedians there are there.

    But aside from that, St. John is quite an interesting one because it's pronounced Sinjun.

    Or you could do one that doesn't give gender away. e.g. Tracy can be either male or female.

    Or you could go for one that sounds somewhat crude and self-deprecating, like Dick Headingly.

    Or a really common name like John Smith.

  • Sara
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Better to choose one that at least begins the same way as your own. That way, if someone calls out to you, you'll answer immediately.

    Men's names are best kept ordinary and simplified: Jim, Tony, Robert, John, Joe, Adam, Ben, Tom, and so on. If it sounds too upper-crust other men will not feel comfortable, no Reginald's, Bradwell's, or Chadburn's.

    Look under a search engine for "baby names for boys."

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  • 10 years ago

    Wilbur Packard fits you perfectly.

    Both names ate pioneers of a sort.

    Orville and Wilbur Wright invented the first airplane.

    Packard was one of the partners of

    Hewlett Packard.

    Or you might use Orville Gates. Just a couple silly ideas.

    Source(s): blue man is good too.
  • 10 years ago

    I don't know if your a lady or male but Micheal or James, Steve Austin Riley are good ones or Diane or Danille or Erica Mia or Jasmine

    Source(s): being a westerner
  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Upper class - Plantagenet Cholmondely-Featherstonhaugh. (Pronounced chumly-fanshaw . . . honest!)

    Middle class - Teddy Courtney-Davis.

    Working class - Fred Bloggs.

    Scruff - Bazza the scazza.

  • 10 years ago

    John Wayne

    Easy for people to remember, especially if you wear your pistol.

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