Quite a few things if you are the young Master Wu. Brady's current name is Wu Wen Hong. It's a name that was given to him by the orphanage in the hope of a bright future. Typically, several characters can be said the same way, but have very different meanings. Hong, the name he goes by, means great and vast. Wen means culture and literacy.
Wu is a surname given by the orphanage as well. Many orphanages in his country give the same surname to all their charges, to indicate they come from that orphanage. This puts kids in a tough position as they are marked as orphans for life. Orphans have a low social standing. But Wen Hong's orphanage director gives all the children one of the ten most popular surnames-not an orphanage name.
And now for Brady's American name. Brady is an Irish name which means broad shouldered. Since he's two, and about to embark on a great journey, I think it's a more figurative than literal name. It's also the name of my uncle, and comes from his grandmother's surname before that.
Wells is Brad's middle name, and was his grandmother's surname before that. It means dweller at or near a spring or stream.
Johnson is of course one of the most popular names in America (second only to Smith). It means John's son, referring to John The Baptist. It means gracious gift of Jehovah.
Brady Wells WenHong Johnson. That's quite a name!
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