Do you have English name?

Do you have English name? I had once got an offer and joined a foreign capital company before, on the first day, the HR girl told me that I must first have an English name , fill in some necessary information on an HR form and then sign the form with English name and Chinese name. I thought it over and over that day, I was not familiar with the knowledge of Western human names. But I know one, so I said: OK, call me Ben, and then Ben Yang is my English name.

Then I was introduced to other colleagues: "This is Ben Yang" the HR girl said. Therefore I got a new name, "笨羊", because the HR girl pronounced the name badly, and most of the colleagues also just imitated the pronunciation, maybe some on purpose and some really wrong. I had used the English name for 8 years until I left the company, I had been "笨羊" for 8 years in that company. I hate using English names.

Now I think the most excellent English name should be the Pinyin of the Chinese name! Since we are Chinese, our names should have some Chinese characteristics, and our name can indicate the feature. So, don't ask me what my English name is anymore.