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Over 4,000 Chinese Children Named Olympic Games

The BBC reports that there has been an Olympic baby naming frenzy in China over the past decade or so. Over 4,000 children in China have been given the name Aoyun, - which means Olympic Games. It is mostly boys who are being given the name.
The rise in popularity of the name is seen as a sign of support for the Games being staged in August in Beijing.

Officials in charge of identity cards say that more than 92% of the 4,104 registered Aoyuns are boys.

It is not uncommon for Chinese children to be given names of common events and popular slogans - such as Defend China, Build the Nation and Space Travel.

There are 290,798 registered Civilisations.
There has also been a surge in the Aoyun name recently. The BBC says another naming has emerged following the recent earthquake tragedy and that name is "Hope for Sichuan."

Tags: aoyun | olympic-games

Posted on 2008-06-11
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