This Teen Has Made $86,000 Giving Chinese Babies English Names

A growing number of Chinese parents have taken to choosing an English name for their offspring in the hope of helping them gain a future foothold in the West.

But it often leads to mixed results, with some Chinese children now blessed with names such as Cinderella, Gandalf and even Rolex.

So, a young 16-yr-old British school girl Beau Jessup has stepped in to offer advice to Chinese families on how to choose rather more suitable English names. In the process she's earned more than £48,000 ($86,000)!

Beau, of Cheltenham, hit on the idea during a family visit to China, when she was asked by friends during a meal out to suggest an English name for their newborn baby.

She set up the website Specialname to suggest culturally appropriate English names for prospective parents by matching the meaning of the name to the family's ideals and aspirations for their child.

Six months on Beau has named more than 232,000 Chinese babies, using names such as George, William, Catherine and Susan.

Her website suggests a shortlist of three culturally-appropriate names for the baby, producing a shortlist, along with the original meaning of the name and a famous namesake such as Grace Kelly or Catherine Middleton.

Genius!

Read the full story at nzherald.co.nz