Culture help: My husband and i were talking about future baby names when we - Help.com

you could always go the hip modern artsy rout and give him a post-modern flowerchild middle name … like ‘wizard’ or ‘pilot’

maybe you could sell the rights to his middle name to some big corperation make some money get 15 min of fame …

honestly the whole ‘Wang-su’ isn’t that extreme … and you’ll have that story to tell at the pta meetings …

Would you be willing to give any future kids a korean name?
Maybe you could give all your future kids a korean middle name so that they feel like they are part of both of you, if you know what i mean.
If you aren’t willing to give all your future kids a korean middle name the first child may feel different from their siblings, or they may be treated differently, but I don’t think you would know until they grew up.
Personally I think giving your kids Korean names would be lovely as they would probably feel as though they are sharing both your cultures.
Hope this helps :)

I was incredibly stuck with regards to “do i retain some cultural link or not?!”, found it very difficult (… a little complicated). How i felt during the time of naming my son, has also changed how i feel today many years later as well.

Brothers & sisters born to two parents will always be different, similar in some ways - but they will be unique with different strengths & interests. Qualities of difference can make people feel left out beyond just differences in a name. It could work out well to make this choice with only the first born, which may differentiate him as the eldest. Cultural connection to family can also be retained in other ways.

I’ve grown up with a very unusual/foreign name.
My father-in-law grew up with an extremely common one.
We’ve both faced our trials, and very funny stories to tell ;)

Wang-Su does have a has a nice feel. Maybe it will help to continue asking family/friends what they think?

Good luck.

I think Wang-Su is just cool.

and about the feeling different things, we all feel different in a way when we are kids… when we grow up it becomes part of who we are and makes us whole.
i think that is a wonderful thing you could give your child,
for maybe some times it may disturb him, he will eventually be proud of it.
and its something beautiful to be proud of.

and i think it would be a good idea to do the same for other kids,
something like a family gimmick :)

Andrew, Xavier, William are all perfect and formal sounding middle names for boy or girl :))

If your children know that all of their names connect them to their family and their history then they will each feel like their names are special. I can’t imagine that there would be too many problems with it.