Hi! What is your name?

My name is Olympics.

This is the dialogs that many Chinese will encounter as soon as the over four thousand babies born in the year 2008 named the Olympics will be able to speak.

The year 2008 has notoriously a special significance to Chinese because of the lucky number eight. In fact, the Olympics will start eight minutes past eight o’clock on the 8th of August the eighth month of the year in 2008.

It is proper to the Chinese culture to name children after special occasions. For example, many children were named ‘build the nation’ or ‘defend China’ after the People’s Republic was established in 1949.

"Olympics" children become walking advertisement for the Beijing Olympics long after the games will be over. What a great way to brand your babies and show support for the Beijing games.