Nearly £50,000 earned by schoolgirl helping to name Chinese babies

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More Chinese parents are now choosing English names for their new babies to give them a foothold in the West. Beau Jessup, 16, after visiting China with her parents and meeting Chinese who asked her advice about naming their children has now earned more than £48,000.  The website Specialname was set up by her and she has now helped more than 232,000 people name their children.  Knowing at that time that some Chinese had chosen somewhat inappropriate names, including Gandalf and Cinderalla with one naming their child Rolex she confidently helped people to “get it right”.

Her website helps people with a choice of 3 names each and its historical significance, such as who famous has or has had that name.  She said “it is obviously a nice surprise” that she has now become famous and quite rich running this scheme.

In addition to helping her with Mandarin by running the scheme, Beau now has savings for her university course.

A Chinese lady who was helped to choose her son’s name of Nathan with Beau’s help said, “I think an English name can influence my child’s life”.