Quote Originally Posted by lardy View Post
It's quite common for Asian people of the family name:given name system to westernise their name to more easily navigate the cross-cultural interactions. To me, it's a pretty big step. I doubt many westerners do it the other way.

It also means people are less likely to take the piss out of them, and given some of your comments in the past, I'd guess you're one of those people.

It should be pretty obvious why a french man hasn't done this.
I don't think all Asian people who adopt a "western" name do so for easier cross-cultural interactions, even if that's how it started.

My wife and her friends will mostly call each other by their "western" nicknames, and keep their full Chinese name for official documents etc.
She even calls her son by his western name, unless he's really being told off, in which case the full name will come out.