Xiaomin Mei

ESL 100

August 31, 2023

Name as Hope

    I have a hopeful name. It represents my parents’ wish to me. My name in English is Xiaomin Mei, and it is from the pinyin pronunciation. In Chinese, my name is 梅晓敏. Mei is my family name, and I think it represents plum blossoms. I like my family name as I like plum blossoms that bloom beautifully even in the winter. Xiao means understanding everything. My younger brother and I both have this Chinese character in our name, and I think this means hope goes on. Min means thinking quickly. I like every meaning in my name, and I also like the origin of it. My father often tells me the story about the origin of my name. After I was born, my parents were very excited and busy looking for a hopeful name for me. My father brought several dictionaries to the hospital. My family looked for some Chinese characters which have good meaning in those dictionaries and wrote them down on the paper. After the discussion, they decided to tell these characters to a fortune teller. He chose two characters based on when I was born, and he told my parents that these two characters could help me to get a lot of good things in my life. As a result, my parents chose them in the end. I really appreciate that my parents gave me such a hopeful name because it is full of love. When people call my name, I always think this is the best name in the world.