JiaYing Grygiel is a freelance photographer and writer who covers parenting, food, homes and design. She earned a master's degree from Syracuse University, but ditched the lake-effect snow for Seattle (you don't have to shovel rain). Follow her adventures with her family at photoj.net.
This story was first published on May 13, 2021. At school pickup, my son’s teacher squinted out onto the playground at me. “J-J-Jia-...” she said, then gave up. “Joseph’s mom. We can’t expect everyone to Americanize their names.” The thing is, I did. For 23 years, my name was Caroline. My immigrant parents chose “Caroline” for our new life in a small American town. It was the 1980s. Yu-Ying became Diana, Tai-Jen became Jane, Ruey-Der became Ray.
“There is a really strong trend for people keeping their real names, not anglicizing their names or anglicizing the spellings,” Redmond said. “I think people are prouder of their names and less willing to give up that piece of their identity to fit in with some English-centric standard.” The price of a weird name True story: Did you hear the one about a Narayan, a JiaYing, a Thao and an Erika who went to a bar? The only person in the group with a job was Erika.
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