Comments on: Naming conventions http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2004/10/30-naming-conventions/ Official Organ of an American Muslim in Malaysia Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:38:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Tiara http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2004/10/30-naming-conventions/#comment-615 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2004/10/30-naming-conventions/#comment-615 It works slightly differently in Bangladesh (or at least in my family tree) - if you're male, you get the family surname. If you're female, you get the father's name. And often, the "father's name" bit is shortened, otherwise it would be 1 million words long. And there are rarely any bins and bintis around. This was quite a problem with me when I wanted to take my UPSR. They were quite insistent that my name should be My Full Name My Father's Full Name, and they didn't accept the official name I had (they thought it was my FIRST NAME :P) So instead of Zahira Tiara Shafiq, I became Zahira Tiara Shafiq A.F.M. Shafiqul Hafiz. Thank goodness we managed to get just Zahira Tiara Shafiq in my IC. XD It works slightly differently in Bangladesh (or at least in my family tree) - if you’re male, you get the family surname. If you’re female, you get the father’s name. And often, the “father’s name” bit is shortened, otherwise it would be 1 million words long. And there are rarely any bins and bintis around.

This was quite a problem with me when I wanted to take my UPSR. They were quite insistent that my name should be My Full Name My Father’s Full Name, and they didn’t accept the official name I had (they thought it was my FIRST NAME :P ) So instead of Zahira Tiara Shafiq, I became Zahira Tiara Shafiq A.F.M. Shafiqul Hafiz.

Thank goodness we managed to get just Zahira Tiara Shafiq in my IC. XD

]]> by: CrazyMalaysian http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2004/10/30-naming-conventions/#comment-616 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2004/10/30-naming-conventions/#comment-616 I had another problem in the US. Some malays put "Mohamad" in front of their first and last names and "bin" in the middle, so you end up with "Mohamad Izuan bin Mohamad Izham". And in the US, whenever they see my name registered as that, they assume that "Mohamad" is my first name, "bin" my middle name and "Izham" is my last name. Going to school was a mess, i had to constantly correct them. All teachers would address me as "Mohamad". Lol. I had another problem in the US. Some malays put “Mohamad” in front of their first and last names and “bin” in the middle, so you end up with “Mohamad Izuan bin Mohamad Izham”.

And in the US, whenever they see my name registered as that, they assume that “Mohamad” is my first name, “bin” my middle name and “Izham” is my last name. Going to school was a mess, i had to constantly correct them. All teachers would address me as “Mohamad”. Lol.

]]> by: Bin Gregory http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2004/10/30-naming-conventions/#comment-617 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2004/10/30-naming-conventions/#comment-617 You got off easy, CM. A dear friend of mine sent his son to his first day of first grade. His name was Muhd Fakruddin. Guess what he said when his teacher asked him his name? "Fakru!" His teacher called him "Muhd" after that. His name was mud, just like the saying goes... You got off easy, CM. A dear friend of mine sent his son to his first day of first grade. His name was Muhd Fakruddin. Guess what he said when his teacher asked him his name?
“Fakru!”

His teacher called him “Muhd” after that. His name was mud, just like the saying goes…

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