Is it more advantageous to have an English name for my career?

[ShyGuy]

I just graduated and enter the job market in Singapore.

I don't have an English name.

My AMDL boss and some of my foreigner colleagues have difficulty in pronouncing my name which is in HanYuPinYin.

Sometimes, I feel that because they have difficulty in pronouncing my name, I am left out of their companionship.

I mean I can understand from their standpoint.

If an Indian introduces himself to me with a name like Venkata Narasimha Rajuvaripeta, I would also say Hi, smile at him but in my heart say Bye, and forget about him too.

Should I just adopt a stylo-milo English name like Oliver or George?

It sounds easy to remember for my AMDL boss and also other foreigner colleagues.

What do you think? Any helpful suggestions?

 

[A Singaporean]

I just graduated and enter the job market in Singapore.

I don't have an English name.

My AMDL boss and some of my foreigner colleagues have difficulty in pronouncing my name which is in HanYuPinYin.

Sometimes, I feel that because they have difficulty in pronouncing my name, I am left out of their companionship.

I mean I can understand from their standpoint.

If an Indian introduces himself to me with a name like Venkata Narasimha Rajuvaripeta, I would also say Hi, smile at him but in my heart say Bye, and forget about him too.

Should I just adopt a stylo-milo English name like Oliver or George?

It sounds easy to remember for my AMDL boss and also other foreigner colleagues.

What do you think? Any helpful suggestions?

Call yourself Cheebye. Even Angmoh can pronounce. Another Angmoh wannabe.

 

[50000]

they are fuckin working in SG and need to learn how to pronounce our names regardless in pinyin, malay or indian form. assert yourself and be proud of your name

 

[rushifa666]

Yes try peesai. Even when fake chink lky uturned and called sinkies to learn mandarin fake chinks have already overrun the cuntry

 

[laksaboy]

You could Korean-nize your name e.g. instead of Lim you use 'Kim'. The superficial ones will think better of you.

 

[NanoRay]

You want Mark or Andrew or both also can.

 

[blackmondy]

Think of it as a nickname as a convenience for others to address you.
Even Xi Jinping is addressed as Winnie Xi, so what's the big issue ?

 

[SBFNews]

I just graduated and enter the job market in Singapore.

I don't have an English name.

My AMDL boss and some of my foreigner colleagues have difficulty in pronouncing my name which is in HanYuPinYin.

Sometimes, I feel that because they have difficulty in pronouncing my name, I am left out of their companionship.

I mean I can understand from their standpoint.

If an Indian introduces himself to me with a name like Venkata Narasimha Rajuvaripeta, I would also say Hi, smile at him but in my heart say Bye, and forget about him too.

Should I just adopt a stylo-milo English name like Oliver or George?

It sounds easy to remember for my AMDL boss and also other foreigner colleagues.

What do you think? Any helpful suggestions?

My opinion is you should adopt a AMDK name.

Take for example if @Leongsam real name is Leong Ah Seow and he has no English name Sam.

This forum will be called Ah Seow Forum instead of Sammyboy Forum.

Would anyone want to visit Ah Seow Forum?

 

[blackmondy]

If your surname is Kok, then you should call yourself Harry. Harry Kok is very easy to remember.
What's your surname ? I can help you think of one.

 

[NanoRay]

If your surname is Kok, then you should call yourself Harry. Harry Kok is very easy to remember.
What's your surname ? I can help you think of one.

His name is "Kok Man".

 

[blackmondy]

His name is "Kok Man".

If he is big size then we can just call him Big Kok Man.

 

[steffychun]

Learn from Harry Lee.

 

[sweetiepie]

What do you think? Any helpful suggestions?

Aiya amdl siao siao one today you can call Andrew tomolo Jeremy
You can also say
Call me Raider call me Wrong
Call me insane call me Mr. Vain
Call me what you like

 

[NanoRay]

Call me what you like

KNN, you want people to call you freely.

 

[tanwahtiu]

I just graduated and enter the job market in Singapore.

I don't have an English name.

My AMDL boss and some of my foreigner colleagues have difficulty in pronouncing my name which is in HanYuPinYin.

Sometimes, I feel that because they have difficulty in pronouncing my name, I am left out of their companionship.

I mean I can understand from their standpoint.

If an Indian introduces himself to me with a name like Venkata Narasimha Rajuvaripeta, I would also say Hi, smile at him but in my heart say Bye, and forget about him too.

Should I just adopt a stylo-milo English name like Oliver or George?

It sounds easy to remember for my AMDL boss and also other foreigner colleagues.

What do you think? Any helpful suggestions?

Biden....

 

[Balls2U]

Small boy coming in here to ask a bunch of old cocks to choose an angmoh name for him? Very suspicious.

 

[maxsanic]

I just graduated and enter the job market in Singapore.

I don't have an English name.

My AMDL boss and some of my foreigner colleagues have difficulty in pronouncing my name which is in HanYuPinYin.

Sometimes, I feel that because they have difficulty in pronouncing my name, I am left out of their companionship.

I mean I can understand from their standpoint.

If an Indian introduces himself to me with a name like Venkata Narasimha Rajuvaripeta, I would also say Hi, smile at him but in my heart say Bye, and forget about him too.

Should I just adopt a stylo-milo English name like Oliver or George?

It sounds easy to remember for my AMDL boss and also other foreigner colleagues.

What do you think? Any helpful suggestions?

Yes, generally an English name does help in career be it for interviews, business development or building up rapport amongst colleagues.

However, I would advise only to use single English names that are spelled properly. Some people try to be creative by adding two English names (e.g. Christopher Wayne Lim), deliberately misspell established names (e.g. Kevin becomes Kavyyn Tan) or worse still come out with mish mash ones that are other languages or gibberish (e.g. Kenzori Ng).

While exotic names are fun for pimple faced teenagers at school or to show off your style in a low IQ social gathering, they are are potential deal killers in a professional setting. Too often you instantly get labelled as an immature loser as a first impression.

 

[syed putra]

Anyone can pronounce mohammad ali. So no problems for me here.

 

[Balls2U]

Yes, generally an English name does help in career be it for interviews, business development or building up rapport amongst colleagues.

However, I would advise only to use single English names that are spelled properly. Some people try to be creative by adding two English names (e.g. Christopher Wayne Lim), deliberately misspell established names (e.g. Kevin becomes Kavyyn Tan) or worse still come out with mish mash ones that are other languages or gibberish (e.g. Kenzori Ng).

While exotic names are fun for pimple faced teenagers at school or to show off your style in a low IQ social gathering, they are are potential deal killers in a professional setting. Too often you instantly get labelled as an immature loser as a first impression.

I have ever come across an idiot named Cistern Teo. Serious!

 

[eatshitndie]

ceca names are the rage these days. recruiters working for tech firms will choose a sanskrit name over any chink names. the shorter the sanskrit name the more desirable. for sexample, sri can be the go to name for srinivasan. recruiters think you’ll be imbued with cosmic composure and compassion, karmic kalmness and kualities, plus indian intelligence and innovation.