# Romanizing my kids names

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**Category:** Parenting\
**Created:** [May 16, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/romanizing-my-kids-names/206830 "2021-05-16T03:41:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/romanizing-my-kids-names/206830/37 "2022-09-24T02:19:09Z")

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Finally got this done. Just want to give an update and say thanks to everyone for your suggestions and advice.  
What I did was:  
1.Chinese Character name first.  
2.Below that used the English names as from their U.S. Passports.  
3. Then as recommended on another post I found: As an AKA; put the romanized name of their Chinese character names.

I didn’t use a hyphen on the romanized names.

I found this post later which is very useful:

> [@Guide: How to register a 'real' English name for your Taiwanese child](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/guide-how-to-register-a-real-english-name-for-your-taiwanese-child/198586):
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> Today I registered my Taiwanese daughters English name, not using a transliteration of her Chinese name, but using a ‘real’ English name. The English surname I registered is also different to the Chinese surname. The Chinese surname matches my wife’s surname, and the English surname matches mine. I hope that in this post I can explain how I did it, as many parents have posted that they were not allowed to do it or met resistance. As far as I know, there are two ways to register an official Engl…

Thanks again everyone.

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