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I spent the past summer teaching English in a smallish city in mainland China. The students at the private school often chose their own English names. The names listed below are among the more bizarre and I am sure I've forgotten some...

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Enjoy!

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Girls:
Nebula -- 20 years old
Rainbow -- 14 years old
Kiwi
Lampicka -- 13 years old, she told me her English teacher in regular school (who is Chinese) gave her this name. Pronounced Lamb-Peek-Ah
Cookie
Shine
Maygan
Sunny
Icey -- about 45 years old
Paddy
Cherry

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Boys:
Horsey-Ma -- His surname is "Ma" which means "horse" in Chinese
Wonderful
Wavedance -- 15 years old
Dream -- about 30 years old
Porpoise -- 16 years old
Honey-Bee -- 18 years old and about to go to Canada to study in college
Strong
Jerry-Su
Kobe -- I had three students with this name. Kobe Bryant is extremely popular there
Imagine -- 20 years old
Dandy -- 18 years old

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Honestly, it was difficult to say some of these names with a straight face half the time :P