I myself am named Sabrina and, prior to hearing this news, have never even bothered to research its meaning. I just phoned my mom; she admitted that she chose my name based on a TV character she was watching while pregnant. That fits perfectly in line with the vast majority of my fellow Britons who rarely bother to concern ourselves with the meaning of our given names.
我叫Sabrina. 老实说，在看到哥大中国留学生的这个视频之前，我从未去研究过这个名字有什么含义。我甚至还专门打电话问我麻麻了，结果她说她给我起名Sabrina纯粹因为她怀孕时看了某个电视剧，然后那剧里有个人也叫Sabrina……[二哈] 好吧，其实这就是现实情况：和我一样，绝大多数英国人都不会去考虑我们的名字有啥具体含义。
Conversely, Asians are profoundly obsessed with the names they bestow unto their offspring. Chinese in particular place great importance in names, often connecting an unusual character for their son's or daughter's given name to an otherwise common surname (e.g. Li or Wang) to create a wholly unique identity. As a result, their names can be very beautiful.
而亚洲人则恰好相反——他们热衷于给孩子起最美好的名字，借由名字寄托自己的期望和祝福。尤其对于中国人而言，名字的重要性不言而喻，即使你有个诸如“李”“王”这类再普通不过的姓，父母也会想办法给你起个超凡脱俗的名。故此，中国人的名字都挺美哒。
Sadly, I do not know, have never been told and/or cannot understand the names of most of my Chinese friends. They all swiftly resorted to telling me their English name upon our first introduction, which now makes me question whether I even know them at all since they are hiding behind a superficial facade of utterly meaningless Westernism.
不过，很少有中国朋友会和我分享他们名字中的含义，这还真让人有点小伤心。哪怕是初次相识，他们都会直接只说自己的英文名，让我有一种迷之疏离感——我连你的真实姓名都不知道，只知道你一个毫无意义的西方风格的“代号”罢了。
Understanding Chinese names can help us understand China (via Global Times)
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