My name is ...

After 14 days, I now have an official name. It is Maxim Yue Fung Tran (陳裕豐).

You already knew about "Maxim" -- that is the name picked by Mom and Dad (mainly Dad). I am told that "Maxim" has a special meaning for Mom and Dad. It was the first name they considered...and after looking at several other names, they agreed that Maxim was the only name for me.

As for my Chinese name "Yue Fung" (裕豐) -- this was very carefully selected and agreed upon by all my Great-Grandparents. It took awhile to come up with this name because there were many traditional Chinese naming rules that had to be strictly followed. Guiding my Great-Grandparents was my Grand-Uncle Monk (as the title suggests, he is one of my Grand-Uncles who also happens to be a revered Buddhist Monk in China). Loosely translated, my name means "abundant & plentiful".

By giving me this name, my family hopes that it will bring me much success in all my life endeavours.