Teen's name changed after years of mockery

Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam - After nearly two decades of ridicule, a father has agreed to change his son's name from "Fined Six Thousand and Five Hundred" - the amount he was forced to pay in local currency for ignoring Vietnam's two-child policy.

Angry he was being fined for having a fifth child, Mai Xuan Can named his son Mai Phat Sau Nghin Ruoi after the amount he was forced to pay - 6,500 dong (50 cents), said Dai Cuong village chief Nguyen Huy Thuong.

In 1999, local government officials tried to persuade Can to change the name because the boy was constantly being teased by classmates at school. But Can, a former People's Committee official, refused to back down, Thuong said. They appealed to him again recently, and this time it worked.

"I told him that as his son is growing up, he should have another name - not that weird name - and he finally agreed," Thuong said.

The son, now 19, finally got a new name: Mai Hoang Long, which means golden dragon.

Mai Hoang Long


That's weird, my ex-GF used to call me that......small world indeed:D

Sheit. If that type of name scrutiny existed here, it would be a full-time job for hundreds of people (Shithead, Lemonjello......)

That's weird, my ex-GF used to call me that......small world indeed:D

It would have been better if she had called you "6,500 dong."

That's weird, my ex-GF used to call me that......small world indeed:D


Nah, she told you MELUVULONGTIME......:p

So, they use dongs for currency? What's up with that?

school. She showed me the program from her graduation also. Dudes name was Jack Ofitt. Had a sister with a more normal name of Mary. How would you like to go through life with that.

Dudes name was Jack Ofitt. How would you like to go through life with that.

Hopefully he was a tough mofo with a good sense of humor.......

I had a commanding officer named Michael Hunt. The name suits him perfectly. :D

Mai Phat Sau=My Fatso?

Years of mockery? Come on! Fifty cent (or is that Fiddy Cent?) had to change HIS name, and this dude already HAS that name. Kid should become a rapper and STFU.

Years of mockery? Come on! Fifty cent (or is that Fiddy Cent?) had to change HIS name, and this dude already HAS that name. Kid should become a rapper and STFU.

no kidding, I would blow up huge if my name were 6500 dong.....

Escalade, Big Azz house and lots and lots of gold, gold bike, gold sidis, gold chains, everything gold, damn I would be so hot.....dumb kid, he had it all

I had a commanding officer named Michael Hunt. The name suits him perfectly. :D

Kid in my high school was named Gary Boner. His dad's was Harry.

Kid in my high school was named Gary Boner. His dad's was Harry.

A girl I once went out with, her Dad was Dick Box.....nice guy, big......I don't think anyone made any wise cracks, I sure didn't...

Mai Phat Sau=My Fatso?

Hey, it's better than Fuk Yu.

A girl I once went out with, her Dad was Dick Box.....nice guy, big......I don't think anyone made any wise cracks, I sure didn't...

There's a guy in my neck of the woods named Harold Butz. What were his parents thinking?

my former name was "dick butkiszxs". it was my stage name, and my birth name. i thought my CURRENT name was much more sexual charged, much like myownpersonalself.

So were they calling him Mai Phat Dong? :p

Sheit. If that type of name scrutiny existed here, it would be a full-time job for hundreds of people (Shithead, Lemonjello......)

That was her real name--ess aitch eye tee M-A-N. When she turned 21 (legal age back then), she changed it to Shipman, and her father quit paying her college expenses. I told him I understood, because from the way he acted, he'd EARNED that name. That was pretty much the end of our relationship.

went to hs with a kid named breighton early...as far as I know thats still his name

I just google imaged Richard Head.

Here is one Dr. Richard Head

Nice, but not as good as stock car racer Dick Trickle. A guy I used to work with took the deposition of a guy named Dick Weed.