I have given many English names over the years. I try to keep it simple.

One of my suppliers has a son that I named Tony. He is about 5 now. This spring she had a daughter. I swear I did not plan this, but I could not help myself. I named her Carmela.

We have all seen some pretty interesting English names. My all time favorite was meeting a woman in a booth at the Canton Fair, maybe 10 years ago. She introduced herself as Shiny. Which is funny enough by itself. But what made it complete was her last name. It was Dong. So yes, her name is Shiny Dong. I kid you not. I had to ask who gave her the name. I was wondering if someone played a cruel joke on her. Nope, she picked it herself, and asked me "don't you like it"? What could I say? I told her it was very nice.