High School Alumni Magazine

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

There's an article on international students at the school. The Asian students have chosen English names for themselves so those will be in quotes after their given first name. Country of origin will be in parenthesis. Here are the names mentioned:

Guoxuan "Eric" (China)
Natalie (Costa Rica)
Lilli (Germany)
John and Ian (brothers from New Zealand)
Marc (Germany)
Haiheng "Charlie" (China)
"James" (Thailand, assuming James is his English name because they only used the names the kids are going by in the side panel. This was the only time he was mentioned so that's the only name I have for him.)

There's also a section on the school's board with little blurbs about each person. Many mentioned children.

Danielle and Christopher
Ryan, Danielle, and Taylor
Chase and Connor
Alexis
Emily and Caroline
Carolina, Bibi, Lucas, and Marcos
Rose, Mitchell, Jack and Quinn (Jack and Quinn are twins)
Tyler, Lindsey, and Connor
Chloe
Michael, Ben, and Luke
Amanda, Greg, Brett, Mary, Paul, Teresa, and Bernadette
Reanna



There is a section highlighting the varsity seniors for some of the sports.

Cameron (m)
Paul
Tyler
Nicholas
Joshua
Daniel
Alicia
Allison
Chryssie
Cailyn
Eric (f)
Kadesha
Kelly
Lauren (x2)
Taylor (f)
Bair
Brian
Cody
Kevin
Mark
Bridgett
Chelsea
Liz
Michelle
Jessica
Juliann
Kari
Sarah

Last but not least, the Alumni Notes section, where you can find information about what people are doing with their lives, and more importantly, their kids' names! ;)

Matthew and Mark
Max, Gabby, and Miles
Connor
Turner (f)
Eden Sophia
Brayden and Brooklyn
Lucia
Jack
Eleanor and Natalie Elizabeth
Allison and Emily

Comments

[takhallus.livejournal.com]

Turner as a girl's name is..interesting.

And is that Bair, as in, pronounced like bear?

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing Bair is pronounced like bear, but I really couldn't say definitively.

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Eric
Natalie
Alexis
Emily
Caroline
Jack
Luke
Brett
Nicholas
Allison
Lauren
Cody
Chelsea
Jessica
Max
Eden
Elizabeth

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

John and Ian make an interesting sibset because Ian is a Scottish form of John.

My university hosts quite a lot of Asian foreign exchange students and they chose Western names, too. In my freshman year, I had a female friend from China who went by "Pinky" because of Pinky and the Brain.

I like:

Natalie
Ian
James
Christopher
Ryan
Chase
Caroline
Lucas
Rose
Jack and Quinn
Tyler
Lindsey
Chloe
Michael, Ben, and Luke
Brett
Paul
Nicholas
Daniel
Eric
Kevin
Chelsea
Eden Sophia
Lucia
Eleanor

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I knew there was something odd about John and Ian! I just couldn't dredge up the reason why from my memory.

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

For some reason, all the Asian exchange students at our 2 large universities seem to prefer W names... Winston, Walter, Windy, Wendy, Winnie.
There was one girl from Japan who went by Cherry, because she thought it was cute (and in reference to cherry blossoms)

[chillinbabejodi.livejournal.com]

I LIKE:
Ryan
Lucas
Jack
Teresa
Nicholas
Daniel
Lauren
Max, Gabby - as a nn for Gabrielle
Eden Sophia
Lucia
Eleanor and Natalie Elizabeth