Follow Canadian Immigration and Life in Canada: Naming a child is traditionally considered a top priority for parents in China, and this is no different abroad. Recently, a Canadian couple created a webpage on the social media site Reddit titled "Naming My Daughter" to widely solicit opinions from netizens regarding the name for their daughter, who is expected to be born in April.
Netizens can click into the webpage to suggest a good name for the couple's child or vote on names suggested by others. The father, Stephen, stated: "Using the internet to name my child may seem a bit crazy, but I have already obtained my wife's consent."
"I want my child's name to be unique, but I also have to consider a series of issues such as male names and female names, which indeed makes me feel a bit troubled. Therefore, I decided to listen to everyone's opinions on social media," Stephen expressed. "On the first day the webpage went live, some strange names like Megatron and Zelda appeared, and it seems that most of the netizens participating in naming the child are gaming enthusiasts. After that, one netizen suggested the name 'Watermelon' for my daughter, which is clearly not appropriate."
As time goes by, more and more names can be considered. Currently, the name ranked first with 25,000 votes is Cthulhu, an evil entity from the Cthulhu Mythos created by American author H.P. Lovecraft. The second-ranked name with 24,000 votes is Amelia, followed by Charlotte, Olivia, and Leslie, which are also among the top names. Traditionally, parents can also give their child a second name after birth, and netizens have suggested names like All-Spark, Mae, and Rose for this. Regardless of what the child's final name is, one thing that will not change is that her surname will follow her father's.
