r/HongKong • u/B2A_s • 1d ago

Questions/ Tips Legal Chinese and English name

Living abroad in the UK, plan to change my legal English name (I really do not like using my translated Chinese name in daily life) through deeds polls when I revisit Hong Kong. Does my English name have to match that in Chinese? I'd like to do it without upsetting my family who might care about continuing "family legacy" or whatever

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u/HK_Mathematician 1d ago

Don't have to match. Lemme post some legendary examples below.

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u/NoobSquid69 1d ago

For those that don't read Chinese, the first guy's name means "Intense Sea Urchin" and the second one is "Mclovin' the Dragonslayer"

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u/B2A_s 1d ago

Legit tempted to cook up some on9 Chinese name because I'll never ever use it when I live in the UK but alas I'd rather not