Tainan man sets record with new 25-character name
03/03/2021 06:12 PM
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Tainan, March 3 (CNA) A Tainan-based taxi driver has been recognized as the holder of the longest name in Taiwan, after completing the paperwork last week for a new moniker containing no less than 25 characters, according to the city's Anping District Household Registration Office.
The 47-year-old man, formerly known as Huang Hsin-hsiang (黃鑫翔), applied for the name change on Feb. 26, in the hope that it would bring him good luck.
His new name, "黃大嵐是喜神財神衰神福德正神所有神祝福的寶貝小心肝," can be roughly translated as "Huang Da-lan is the blessed darling and sweetheart of the god of joy, god of wealth, god of misfortune, god of earth and all the gods."