I love how you break it down so others are able to understand, I really appreciate that. I love that there are videos like this so you can understand different cultures. GOD BLESS
I absolutely love this family and how they are so open and educate while bringing us along on their adoption story. They are amazing and hopefully other families who adopt can learn so much from them. Thankyou for sharing xx
This was so interesting to watch! I really enjoyed learning about Korean names. And how lovely it was to hear your explanation for using Nam-Il, so he will be familiar with it if he meets his birth family some day - very touching & considerate. You are clearly an amazing mom and person in general. I have very much enjoyed watching your journey with Levi, thank you for sharing it with the world.
Nam-Hyum and Nam-Il are so simple to pronounce though. We stopped giving our children English names in my country. If we can say Beethoven and other difficult German names, Nam-il is simple.
You would be surprised. We have a lot of Spanish names at my school, but English speakers will pronounce them with English pronounciation and it doesn't really sound like the same name.
This is so beautiful and informative. I love the history behind your family names and how it has placed such precedence upon the future generations of families.
He will appreciate this so much when he gets older. Levi has many things that are advantageous to him as he moves forward, this and the fact that he is a part of a family that can continue to uphold the language and traditions he left behind.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this. My wife's name is Hee Young. She never met her father, so I have no idea if that was a generational pattern. I didn't know about the naming patterns for families. I love Korean culture and how they maintain tradition.
Can't wait for David to help you catch up on your much needed rest! So we can get months 4,5,6 & 7 updates :-)))))). I'm learning so much about Korean culture through your channel. Ty
❤Wow! How you just assumed he would be reunited with his birth mom and birth family❤ Esther, I have always thought you were amazing, but to acknowledge that is just … beyond words! God Bless You❤❤❤❤
Wow Esther....this is so very interesting and informative......you explained this so well and I love that you can trace your ancestors going back many generations. You and David are wonderful and loving parents! The boys are very blessed. God's blessings to you all.... Thank you!
I love this! My husband was adopted from Korea. I recently had a baby and have wanted to learn more about Korea. His name is Ahn Jung Mo. So would his birth last name be Ahn? His adoptive parents kept his name as is but goes by AJ. Our daughter is named Amelia but we do want to try to teach her Korean culture. We want to do her first birthday like my husband did. He had a very nice Korean outfit he wore and had a Dohl.
Yes, Ahn is his last name. Usually they will be addressed by their full name, Ahn Jung Mo, or just Jung Mo. Anyway, what is most important is he is loved and brought up well.
Hello Esther. The 4 main surnames in Korea is Kim, Lee, Park and Choi, not Cho. But there are indeed a lot of Cho's anyway. Ha. I love your videos ! ^^
한국에서 살고 계시지 않는데도 부모님이 너무잘 가르쳐 주신 것 같아요. Seth가 한국말 하는거 볼때마다 두분도 너무 잘 알려주시는 것 같아서 너무 좋아보였거든요~^^ 미국에서 지낼 대 한국에서 이름이 세글자로 되어있다는 것에 대해 어떻게 설명하나 하고 고민 많이 했는데 오늘 영어 공부도 하고가네요^^ Stay safe! 🙏
I love your channel so much ❤️ I absolutely adore your family and your videos are super fascinating and informative! Thank you so much for sharing with us !
Thank you. New subscriber here. I was learning and got amazed about the names. I can talk about this to my Kstudents. And I have understand more the culture. I forgot this country in or near the Middle East where each area in a region has one last name, but they are not related.😄 I heard it is just an indication where they are from. So... it is just like having an easier way of navigation.☺😁 Above all, I like their names.😉 Thank you so much for making it easier to understand. God bless your family.😍
Thank you for sharing Korean culture. Nice that Levi has his birth name & your family’s name. Daebak! My friend’s Chinese name begins w/Gee; his brothers are Gee something. God bless you & David as you raise Levi😉
So beautiful! I am a Birthmother and have an open adoption with my son and his adoptive family. When he was born I gave him his first legal name, then his adoptive mom added a new first name but kept the rest of his name I had given him (first and middle names) as his middle names, so he has two middle names. I love how much respect and love you have for Levi’s Birthmother! ❤️
My son's Korean name is Park Hyun. He didn't have a third part to his name birth name. His birth father's name is Jae, so we named him Jaeson Park plus our last name. We call him Jae now. He is adopted through Eastern Children's, though was born in Andong. He's nearly 37 years old now and he came to us at four months old. At that time, they discouraged adoptive parents from coming over to get their children. Two years later they began to encourage parents coming. His foster mom there was very kind and loving to him. He was a peaceful baby. He's a wonderful dad and husband.
Yes so when there is only 1 syllable for the first name, most people add the “ah” after the first name. So when they called him they prob called him “hyun ah”
I am really enjoying learning about Korea, your family values including names. I appreciate the respect that you have for your family lines, especially the elders in your family ❤️
I think it's great that you are teaching us about the history of names in your culture. But that you also have used English names. They are growing up with the best of both worlds. My family has been here many generations, but there are traditions we still follow from where we came from.
I admire you so much. Not only for what you're doing for your child, but what you're doing for all of us. I am adopted although not internationally. I am a big supporter of adoption. I am not a big supporter of international adoption. Adoption is traumatic enough, I can't imagine how it feels to have every part of your identity stripped away. I know that the majority of adoptive parents hearts are in the right place, but I don't think that they realize the profound effect it will have on their child to lose their language, familiar foods, traditions, as well as their name. I can understand why families change their adopted children's names, but I love how you did it. You're keeping your traditions and finding a way to integrate his former and new names. I can see that alot of thought went into it. Since I am not Korean I was unaware that there were traditions to follow in naming your children. I love the insight that following your channel has given me. I don't plan to adopt as I am not in the position to but I enjoy learning about Korean culture.
Thank you for explaining the history of how Koreans are named and the history of the main four common last names. That was so interesting. Again thank you so much for sharing your beautiful family.
Iv often wondered without finding out why most Korean people I meet are called Kim. Kim is an English first name. So blends in very well here. How interesting thanks 😊
What happened to my comment...anyway I was saying it was a pleasure attending your Ted talk 😁. I learnt this and a lot about Korean culture in general by following kpop group BTS. I really appreciate the way you are handling all this. I just adopted a little boy it's inspiring how well you are handling everything. You are amazing and doing a great job.
Thanks for sharing this. It's actually a tradition that exists in Chinese culture too, although it's not as common anymore. My parents generation have a shared character in their names, and my siblings, cousins and I have a shared character.
You have a beautiful family, and you both seem like wonderful parents! I have a suggestion for a video idea. Could you make a video about raising children to be bilingual? I think the subject of language development is fascinating.
Our friends who adopted a little girl from Ethiopia, after they had 3 biological children, also kept the name her birth mom had given her as her legal middle name. So the name they gave her first, her middle name is her name at birth, then their last name. ❤ For the first 8-9 months mommy and daddy called her by her Ethiopian name, while her siblings (all 4 kids under 5) called her the English name. After she had been in the 🇺🇸 for around 8-10 months and understood more English, she started asking certain people (Aunties and Uncles) to use her “English” name. But she wanted her mommy and daddy to call her by her Ethiopian name until she had been with them around 15 months. ❤
Soooo interesting to know! Thank you for the info Esther! 🤗..just my opinion..Nam Hyun sounds nicer than Nam Il..i have always liked the korean name hyun..😊 coincidentally, you are able to use both families passed down names and merged them...thats wonderful! 👍
Very interesting thanx for explaining that to us. I am Australian Aboriginal Woman I love to hear about different nationalities as Australia is multicultural. We can learn from each other. All the best 👍 from South Australia.
Thanks for sharing about korean names! I was born in Korea and adopted from ESWS when I was 3 months old in 1987. My korean name is Jang Hye Ree/Ri and my family name is from my mother. My mom’s name is Jang Kyeong Ja. It’s interesting to all about the generational names that’s passed down and learning all that.
Enjoying learning this about Korean culture. I love how you explain. I am hindu, indian by race and religion but South African born, naming a child is very important culturally. Meaning is important too. We choose a name by alphabet given by a guru/priest on date and time of birth🙂
We are Portuguese and my husband & I are both Cabral. It is also very popular last name. We went through the same thing. Also when my kids were born I had to send proof that was my name before marriage. Pain in the but!
Back in Taiwan we had 5 people including me with the last name Chen and our foreign teacher was so confused, every-time we change teachers they’re always asking “are you all related?”
Same as with Chinese. We also have 3-character names (sometimes 4 characters). Traditionally, all the girls of one generation share one same character or same radical in a character and the same for all the boys. On my dad’s side of the family, all the boys of his generation share the character 輝 (fai1 / hūi) and all the girls share 英 (jing1 / yīng). On my mom’s side, all the girls share 美 (mei3 / měi) and in addition, the other character has the radical 王 (wong4 / wáng). This practice is less popular nowadays and usually only siblings share one same character in their names.
Thanks for the explanation very interesting and I love how you kept some of his birth name but I can't help feel for the little guy, yet more things to get used to, 3 different names. I never really understand why Koreans also chose and anglicised name just to make it easier for other people to say, I don't really get that TBH. Africans have unusual names to us westerners, but once we get used to them and practice saying them, it's not a problem. I find it sad when people chose an english name instead.
If they lived in a more cosmopolitan and sophisticated city like San Francisco or NY, where people of all races are used to cultural diversity and easily accept people with foreign-sounding names, then there would be no problem keeping their Korean names, but they live in a Southern city, where people aren’t as tolerant of cultural differences, and may well make fun of them. Shamefully, we’ve found out in the last four years how very prevalent racism still is in many parts of this country.
I think we share similar way of how our children are named as your Korean way. We also have 3 syllabus whereby the first is our surname and the middle will be shared by the particular generation.
In France we can have 3 legal first name on our ID so it's much simple. It's up to friends / relatives to call one of the 3 first names as they to want hehehe.. However, we can decide to just have 1 first name. It's up to people
So awesome to teach us! Am I understanding it correctly that David and Levi have the same Korean name now? Also, so when naming children do families carry on tradition of mother’s family name over the father’s family name? So Levi’s Korean name carries on both sides of your family’s names with second syllable from yours and third syllable from David’s?
That’s interesting! It’s so precious that you still include the birth mother’s chosen name. Is the Korean name that is shared among cousins just for boys, or do girls cousins also get a shared name as well?
I love how much respect you have for your children’s connection to the world.
You took the words right out of my mouth! 🙂
Love how he has a name from his birth mom, a name from your family, and a shared name between ❤
Thanks for educating us about Korean names.
I love how you break it down so others are able to understand, I really appreciate that. I love that there are videos like this so you can understand different cultures. GOD BLESS
I absolutely love this family and how they are so open and educate while bringing us along on their adoption story. They are amazing and hopefully other families who adopt can learn so much from them. Thankyou for sharing xx
This was so interesting to watch! I really enjoyed learning about Korean names. And how lovely it was to hear your explanation for using Nam-Il, so he will be familiar with it if he meets his birth family some day - very touching & considerate. You are clearly an amazing mom and person in general. I have very much enjoyed watching your journey with Levi, thank you for sharing it with the world.
I was always confused by korean names, and it makes sense now! Thank you for sharing. It was very interesting!
The respect you have for Levi's birth family is wonderful! I'm sure he and his first family will appreciate your efforts to keep that connection.
Nam-Hyum and Nam-Il are so simple to pronounce though. We stopped giving our children English names in my country. If we can say Beethoven and other difficult German names, Nam-il is simple.
You would be surprised. We have a lot of Spanish names at my school, but English speakers will pronounce them with English pronounciation and it doesn't really sound like the same name.
I think it depends on how important the other person thinks it is to get names right!
This is so beautiful and informative. I love the history behind your family names and how it has placed such precedence upon the future generations of families.
It think it’s beautiful you merged the two names 💛
To have Kim Nam in common...amazing. He was meant for you. Thank you for sharing your thoughtfulness in this process with us.
I think it’s beautiful and shows so much respect for Levi’s past family history that you found it so important to keep his name!
You are such a great teacher. Your voice is so peaceful and calming. Thank you for sharing your personal stories! God bless you and your family.
He will appreciate this so much when he gets older. Levi has many things that are advantageous to him as he moves forward, this and the fact that he is a part of a family that can continue to uphold the language and traditions he left behind.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this. My wife's name is Hee Young. She never met her father, so I have no idea if that was a generational pattern. I didn't know about the naming patterns for families. I love Korean culture and how they maintain tradition.
It’s wonderful how you consider the name his birth mother gave him to be precious
Love this overview for Levi's name merging! Please keep sharing these wonderful presentations
박수쳐드리고 싶어요 ~영어로 한국돌림자 이름을 설명해주셔서 한국인으로 자랑스럽고 또 남일이 이름까지도 정성들여 뜻깊게 새로 만들주신거 존경합니다.준현 수현 남현~너무 귀한이름이네요 ~ 지혜롭고 현명하신거 같아요 ♡♡♡
That's awesome! Love how you are thinking about the day he meets his birth family. You are amazing!
Your video is always very informative. Always looking forward to it.
I have such respect for all our worlds cultures. Thanks for sharing your Korean heritage with us. Bless your sweet family xxx
Can't wait for David to help you catch up on your much needed rest! So we can get months 4,5,6 & 7 updates :-)))))). I'm learning so much about Korean culture through your channel. Ty
His is an absolutely beautiful blending of his heritage and yours! What a heartwarming way to honor the Korean culture!
Thank you so much for this education. Your video was in my suggested videos and I'm so happy it was!
This was so interesting. You have such a soothing voice. Love your family !
She does, doesn't she? So does David.
❤Wow! How you just assumed he would be reunited with his birth mom and birth family❤ Esther, I have always thought you were amazing, but to acknowledge that is just … beyond words! God Bless You❤❤❤❤
You are so thoughtful, God bless you and your family.
It’s really nice that neither you nor Levi has had to change your surname.
Wow Esther....this is so very interesting and informative......you explained this so well and I love that you can trace your ancestors going back many generations. You and David are wonderful and loving parents! The boys are very blessed. God's blessings to you all.... Thank you!
I love this! My husband was adopted from Korea. I recently had a baby and have wanted to learn more about Korea. His name is Ahn Jung Mo. So would his birth last name be Ahn? His adoptive parents kept his name as is but goes by AJ. Our daughter is named Amelia but we do want to try to teach her Korean culture. We want to do her first birthday like my husband did. He had a very nice Korean outfit he wore and had a Dohl.
Yes, Ahn is his last name. Usually they will be addressed by their full name, Ahn Jung Mo, or just Jung Mo.
Anyway, what is most important is he is loved and brought up well.
@@Alice12578 He was :) I was just curious. Thank you for this video!
Maybe you can buy Hanbok(korean traditional clothes) in Amazon or somewhere!
I always think that babies wearing hanbok are adorable😍
Hello Esther. The 4 main surnames in Korea is Kim, Lee, Park and Choi, not Cho. But there are indeed a lot of Cho's anyway. Ha. I love your videos ! ^^
한국에서 살고 계시지 않는데도 부모님이 너무잘 가르쳐 주신 것 같아요. Seth가 한국말 하는거 볼때마다 두분도 너무 잘 알려주시는 것 같아서 너무 좋아보였거든요~^^ 미국에서 지낼 대 한국에서 이름이 세글자로 되어있다는 것에 대해 어떻게 설명하나 하고 고민 많이 했는데 오늘 영어 공부도 하고가네요^^ Stay safe! 🙏
I love your channel so much ❤️ I absolutely adore your family and your videos are super fascinating and informative! Thank you so much for sharing with us !
This was highly informative.
Every day we learn something
new. Thanks for this interesting
explanation. Kind greetings from
Switzerland.
Fascinating! Thank you!🥰
You have given this so much thought. Levi is one very lucky boy.
'남'자 돌림 '현'자 돌림 합쳐서 이름 지은거 너무 뜻깊고 예뻐요!!❤️ 남현이는 이름이 세개라서 좋겠네요 항상 잘보고 있어요😊😊💕
Thank you. New subscriber here.
I was learning and got amazed about the names. I can talk about this to my Kstudents. And I have understand more the culture.
I forgot this country in or near the Middle East where each area in a region has one last name, but they are not related.😄 I heard it is just an indication where they are from. So... it is just like having an easier way of navigation.☺😁
Above all, I like their names.😉 Thank you so much for making it easier to understand.
God bless your family.😍
So interesting to learn more about Korean culture! 🙂
what a lovely new name! The most common last names in Korea are Kim, Park, Lee and 'Choi' not Cho. :))
Wonderful way to handle a proper name for Levi.
Thank you for sharing Korean culture. Nice that Levi has his birth name & your family’s name. Daebak!
My friend’s Chinese name begins w/Gee; his brothers are Gee something.
God bless you & David as you raise Levi😉
This is pretty cool! Ezra shares his korean name (Kim Soohyun) with a famous actor!!
So beautiful! I am a Birthmother and have an open adoption with my son and his adoptive family. When he was born I gave him his first legal name, then his adoptive mom added a new first name but kept the rest of his name I had given him (first and middle names) as his middle names, so he has two middle names. I love how much respect and love you have for Levi’s Birthmother! ❤️
My son's Korean name is Park Hyun. He didn't have a third part to his name birth name. His birth father's name is Jae, so we named him Jaeson Park plus our last name. We call him Jae now. He is adopted through Eastern Children's, though was born in Andong. He's nearly 37 years old now and he came to us at four months old. At that time, they discouraged adoptive parents from coming over to get their children. Two years later they began to encourage parents coming. His foster mom there was very kind and loving to him. He was a peaceful baby. He's a wonderful dad and husband.
Yes so when there is only 1 syllable for the first name, most people add the “ah” after the first name. So when they called him they prob called him “hyun ah”
I am really enjoying learning about Korea, your family values including names. I appreciate the respect that you have for your family lines, especially the elders in your family ❤️
I think it's great that you are teaching us about the history of names in your culture. But that you also have used English names. They are growing up with the best of both worlds. My family has been here many generations, but there are traditions we still follow from where we came from.
Just wondering where you have been? Miss you guys!
We sure do miss you and your family.
This was very informative. Cultural education is important to me. Thank you for sharing your culture with us. Peace and Blessings
I admire you so much. Not only for what you're doing for your child, but what you're doing for all of us. I am adopted although not internationally. I am a big supporter of adoption. I am not a big supporter of international adoption. Adoption is traumatic enough, I can't imagine how it feels to have every part of your identity stripped away. I know that the majority of adoptive parents hearts are in the right place, but I don't think that they realize the profound effect it will have on their child to lose their language, familiar foods, traditions, as well as their name. I can understand why families change their adopted children's names, but I love how you did it. You're keeping your traditions and finding a way to integrate his former and new names. I can see that alot of thought went into it. Since I am not Korean I was unaware that there were traditions to follow in naming your children. I love the insight that following your channel has given me. I don't plan to adopt as I am not in the position to but I enjoy learning about Korean culture.
Thank you for your explanation. We have Korean neighbors and now we understand their names much better.
Thank you for explaining the history of how Koreans are named and the history of the main four common last names. That was so interesting. Again thank you so much for sharing your beautiful family.
How very interesting!! Thank you very much for this explanation and Levi’s name is really beautifully choosen 👍👏💕
Thank you for educating us on the Korean naming system 🙂
Iv often wondered without finding out why most Korean people I meet are called Kim. Kim is an English first name. So blends in very well here. How interesting thanks 😊
You guys are the cutest family ! I'm in my 50s but I'd love to be adopted!😊 You're amazing parents! 3 boys are as cute as all get out
Thank you ! This was very interesting !
You are a great teacher!
What happened to my comment...anyway I was saying it was a pleasure attending your Ted talk 😁. I learnt this and a lot about Korean culture in general by following kpop group BTS. I really appreciate the way you are handling all this. I just adopted a little boy it's inspiring how well you are handling everything. You are amazing and doing a great job.
Does she have a Ted Talk? Is it on RUclips? Can you please post a link? Would be interested in watching. Thx
This was so informative. Thank you!
Ohhhh I see... Like Smith, Jones & Brown... LOL
Very informative!!!!
Thanks for sharing this. It's actually a tradition that exists in Chinese culture too, although it's not as common anymore. My parents generation have a shared character in their names, and my siblings, cousins and I have a shared character.
I love your family, you are amazing people.
Thanks for an additional knowledge about Korean culture!
You have a beautiful family, and you both seem like wonderful parents! I have a suggestion for a video idea. Could you make a video about raising children to be bilingual? I think the subject of language development is fascinating.
I work with so many Koreans (esp Kims and Parks). Such a great learning lesson!!!
What a special name !! I’m glad y’all incorporated part of his birth name too 🥰🥰
Your explanation is clear and make us understand korean culture more! 감사함니다, 여림 씨! 💕
Our friends who adopted a little girl from Ethiopia, after they had 3 biological children, also kept the name her birth mom had given her as her legal middle name. So the name they gave her first, her middle name is her name at birth, then their last name. ❤ For the first 8-9 months mommy and daddy called her by her Ethiopian name, while her siblings (all 4 kids under 5) called her the English name. After she had been in the 🇺🇸 for around 8-10 months and understood more English, she started asking certain people (Aunties and Uncles) to use her “English” name. But she wanted her mommy and daddy to call her by her Ethiopian name until she had been with them around 15 months. ❤
Ohh, interesting!! Thank you for educating us about Korean culture!
Soooo interesting to know! Thank you for the info Esther! 🤗..just my opinion..Nam Hyun sounds nicer than Nam Il..i have always liked the korean name hyun..😊 coincidentally, you are able to use both families passed down names and merged them...thats wonderful! 👍
Thank you so much that was really interesting. I’ve never been to Korea but I always found names and cultural differences to be fascinating.
Very, very interesting... Thank you for explaining this.
Very interesting thanx for explaining that to us. I am Australian Aboriginal Woman I love to hear about different nationalities as Australia is multicultural. We can learn from each other. All the best 👍 from South Australia.
Esther you’re too cute! I’ve always enjoyed your videos! 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks for sharing about korean names! I was born in Korea and adopted from ESWS when I was 3 months old in 1987. My korean name is Jang Hye Ree/Ri and my family name is from my mother. My mom’s name is Jang Kyeong Ja. It’s interesting to all about the generational names that’s passed down and learning all that.
Hye Ree is a very pretty name, it’s considered a very feminine name in Korea. Your mother gave you a beautiful name.
@@koreanfamilyadventures8140 thank you!! My Korean first name meaning is love and bright!! I love my korean name. I agree, she did!! :)
This was very interesting. Thank you for sharing. My son has two Korean teachers. Their names are Mr. Cho and Mr. Lee. 😁
Enjoying learning this about Korean culture. I love how you explain. I am hindu, indian by race and religion but South African born, naming a child is very important culturally. Meaning is important too. We choose a name by alphabet given by a guru/priest on date and time of birth🙂
This is so interesting! Thanks for sharing.
We are Portuguese and my husband & I are both Cabral. It is also very popular last name. We went through the same thing. Also when my kids were born I had to send proof that was my name before marriage. Pain in the but!
Wow. I learned a lot. Thank you!
Excellent content!
Back in Taiwan we had 5 people including me with the last name Chen and our foreign teacher was so confused, every-time we change teachers they’re always asking “are you all related?”
It's cool that it's a combo of David and your dad's name now too!
Same as with Chinese. We also have 3-character names (sometimes 4 characters). Traditionally, all the girls of one generation share one same character or same radical in a character and the same for all the boys. On my dad’s side of the family, all the boys of his generation share the character 輝 (fai1 / hūi) and all the girls share 英 (jing1 / yīng). On my mom’s side, all the girls share 美 (mei3 / měi) and in addition, the other character has the radical 王 (wong4 / wáng).
This practice is less popular nowadays and usually only siblings share one same character in their names.
You are so sensitive. That was fascinating
Wow I never knew about the family traditional name!
(like that Hyun, or Nam or whatever it is can be related to the family line)
Thanks for the explanation very interesting and I love how you kept some of his birth name but I can't help feel for the little guy, yet more things to get used to, 3 different names. I never really understand why Koreans also chose and anglicised name just to make it easier for other people to say, I don't really get that TBH.
Africans have unusual names to us westerners, but once we get used to them and practice saying them, it's not a problem. I find it sad when people chose an english name instead.
If they lived in a more cosmopolitan and sophisticated city like San Francisco or NY, where people of all races are used to cultural diversity and easily accept people with foreign-sounding names, then there would be no problem keeping their Korean names, but they live in a Southern city, where people aren’t as tolerant of cultural differences, and may well make fun of them. Shamefully, we’ve found out in the last four years how very prevalent racism still is in many parts of this country.
@@SongOfEire - How sad. Glad I live in London.
I think we share similar way of how our children are named as your Korean way. We also have 3 syllabus whereby the first is our surname and the middle will be shared by the particular generation.
In France we can have 3 legal first name on our ID so it's much simple. It's up to friends / relatives to call one of the 3 first names as they to want hehehe.. However, we can decide to just have 1 first name. It's up to people
Confusing, but explained well.
That was so interesting. Thank you
남과 현이라는 돌림자가 있었군요. Levi의 새로운 한국 이름이 굉장히 뜻깊네요 ☺️
Thank you. That was so interesting.
So awesome to teach us! Am I understanding it correctly that David and Levi have the same Korean name now? Also, so when naming children do families carry on tradition of mother’s family name over the father’s family name? So Levi’s Korean name carries on both sides of your family’s names with second syllable from yours and third syllable from David’s?
Blessings to your whole family
That’s interesting! It’s so precious that you still include the birth mother’s chosen name. Is the Korean name that is shared among cousins just for boys, or do girls cousins also get a shared name as well?
It’s for boys. However, some families use it for girls as well. Domestic adoption most families will give them a new name.
All of my cousins and I (girls and boys) share the second name. 😊
Levi is a smart boy!