My name is Jennifer Phatana Thepsenavong. I don't know how'd my middle name came to be spelled with a "h," but when pronoucning it, it makes the "r" sound pratana which means (wish, desire) :wub: I'm called "Fer" for short and it sounds almost like pho, you know, the vietamese noodles? :lmao:
My parents gave myself and all my siblings at least a laotian name, we three oldest have middle names in laotian, Phatana, Petchinda, & Waadsana. The two youngest have their first name in laotian which are Boungsawang (brother) & Luerngrith.