Strange names like To Yo Ta, Le Minh Win... once made their owners laugh and cry, but gradually they became proud and loved the names their parents gave them.
Le Minh Win (born in 2004, Ho Chi Minh City) used to hate the strange name his parents gave him, and he had never met anyone with the letter W in his name. Initially, his parents wanted to name him Le Minh Victory (which also means victory) but then changed it to Le Minh Win. Because of this strange name, when Win was in high school, teachers often wondered: "Are this student's parents foreigners?". Friends teased him, calling him Winx - the beautiful fairies named after the cartoon at that time, or calling him "Lose" (lost, failed).
Being teased so much, Win felt hurt, asked his mother to change his name, and even created social media accounts with his favorite name "Le Minh Long". Later, when his parents explained that the name Le Minh Win meant victory, not victory over others or victory in a game, but victory over himself, he was proud of having a special birth name.
Nguyen Kha Davic (born in 2002, Tien Giang) caused a storm on the internet in 2022 not only because of his unique name but also because of his "super huge" certificate of merit. Davic is a student majoring in automotive engineering technology at Vinh Long University of Technical Education. This strange name makes it difficult for the young man to do paperwork or records because people misunderstand that Davic is not his real name but just a nickname.Given a name by his father that mimics football superstar David Beckham, this Tien Giang boy always gets special attention wherever he goes. When he was in high school, Davic was often called to the board to check his old lessons and do his homework. This male student never dared to skip class, skip class or be lazy to review his lessons. However, Davic does not hate his name. Thanks to his rare name and humorous personality, this Gen Z easily makes friends and interacts with everyone."I never thought about changing my name because my father gave me that name so it wouldn't be the same as anyone else's."Davic saidBecause of the hard work of auto repair, To Yo Ta's father (born in 1990, living in Ho Chi Minh City) named his son after a famous car brand. Since childhood, his strange name made him constantly teased by his friends, and teachers always paid attention to him. To Yo Ta still remembers the feeling when his name was called, the whole school focused on him. As he grew up, he gradually got used to this.To Yo Ta had difficulty filling out paperwork because the typist mistakenly typed it as To Yo Ta. In Vietnamese typing, the letters "y" and "o" cannot be written together but must be written separately and then the space in between removed. His two younger sisters also have unique names: To Co Ro Na and To So Ny. More specifically, he worked for a Toyota branch for 8 years.At the end of 2015, he got married and welcomed two sons. Initially, he planned to give them special names: To Shi Ba and To Sanyo. However, after consideration, the couple gave them normal names. He is currently in the used car business.Dinh Good Otani (born in 1995, living in Trang Bom, Dong Nai) was once mistaken for a foreigner because of her mixed-race beauty and strange name. The meaning of this name comes from her father's passion for cars: Good in Goodyear, one of the world's largest tire brands in the US, and Otani is a type of tire from Thailand.The Dong Nai girl is often mistakenly called Ovantin, Otina, Vitamin or Nobita by her friends. To make it easier for people to remember, Otani suggests calling her "Ni". Every time she goes to do paperwork at an administrative agency, she always has to write her name on paper so that the listener doesn't type it wrong. After causing a stir online with her strange name, Dinh Good Otani received many invitations to act in movies and work as a photo model.Born into a family with a business tradition, Otani was taught a lot of experience and knowledge about car tires and rims. Currently, she is in charge of managing the books at her father's tire and rim business. Despite many tragic and humorous incidents, Otani feels grateful for the name her father gave her.The strange name Nguyen Nho Em made the Ca Mau boy born in 1994 suddenly famous after participating in a TV show. Nho Em graduated from Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture with a good degree, and is currently the CEO of an education and training center for interior design and architecture in Ho Chi Minh City.The word "Nho" in his name was explained by his father as not related to love affairs but stemmed from the sacred comradely affection that saw each other as flesh and blood. To preserve memories of his brothers who had fought and died during the war, his father decided to give his three children names with the word "nho": Nguyen Nho (eldest brother), Nguyen Nho Anh (second brother) and Nguyen Nho Em.In 2023, Nho Em publicly announced that he is a third gender, hoping to escape the situation of having to promise to "get married next year". During his high school years, Nho Em had a girlfriend. But then, he realized that he was different when he fell in love with someone of the same gender. Nho Em admitted his true gender by appearing on a TV show.In the photo is a female tour guide in Ho Chi Minh City. She impresses tourists not only with her pretty appearance but also with her name "Chieu Hoang". Many times she asked her parents about the origin of her name but they did not tell her clearly. This name once made her self-conscious and she asked to change it.However, as she grew up, Chieu Hoang gradually became more confident with her name. She felt that her strange name had created an advantage for her in her career as a tour guide. Once, a tourist wanted to see Chieu Hoang's papers as soon as she introduced her name.Chieu Hoang is quite famous on social media thanks to her videos sharing the joys and sorrows of her career. Recently, she became a sensation on Tiktok in a video recorded by a tourist traveling with her group while showing off her powerful singing voice right on the bus. Chieu Hoang hopes to establish her own travel company in the future.TB (according to VTC)
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