My Names

Since I was born, I have only one name. It is Oo Thein Maung, except ‘Suria,’ which I got when I was a Buddhist monk. By the way, in our Arakanese culture, ‘Oo’ means something - ‘First.’ Especially, in the names of people, if someone has ‘Oo,’ in any place (first or middle or last) of his or her name, which means he or she is the first-born among siblings. For example, my name is Oo Thein Maung. I am the first-born. One of my friends’ name is Ma Oo Sein. She is the first-born. Another one’s name is Kyaw Tha Oo and he is also the first-born. Alright. This is just sharing a piece of naming culture of Arakanese with non-Arakanese readers. Here, what I would like to share with you is about my names those are written in the letters, which come to me in the United States.
In the United States, everyday, we receive many letters, which come from several places, such as friends and families, selling advertisements, donation offers, companies, banks, stores and many others. Let us see how people write my name in several ways:
(1) Most of letters come by the name ‘Oo Maung.’ According to the western culture, people usually use first name and last name. So, they point my name as ‘Oo Maung.’ Fine.
(2) Some letters come by the name ‘Oo T Maung.’ These letters are written the name, which included the middle initial ‘T’ of Thein. Good.
(3) Some letters come by the name ‘O.O. Maung.’ I don’t know why they write by this way. If I guess, these people may think first name ‘O,’ and middle initial ‘O,’ and last name is Maung. No problem.
(4) Some letters come by the name ‘O. Maung.’ Just like one of the above cases, I understand.
(5) A few letters come by the name ‘DR Thein Maung.’ I think that these people may read someone’s hand writing and ‘Oo,’ could be look like ‘DR.’ May be. Whatever, it is just fine. Actually, I am not even a graduate, yet.
(6) A few letters come by the name ‘MS. Thein Maung.’ I feel this one is the worst among all spellings of my name. Those people can be two kinds: The first kind is just like the case of DR. Second kind is they write it deliberately as Mr. Mom, since I am taking care of my two kids every single day, except during my working and studying hours. May be.
Whatever, those all are fun. Name is name. We just get it while we are temporarily visiting in this world.
Any way, what is your name? How people spell it? Is it correct way? Have Fun!