Wee Meng Chee - The Origin of "Namewee"

The Origin of "Namewee"

When Wee was still studying in a university, there were a lot of western teachers in his university. They asked Wee and his classmates to find themselves a nickname. A lot of students in the class did not have a nickname, so they went back and started to referring to the dictionary and other resources to find an appropriate nickname. Unfortunately, Wee was not able to choose a nickname.

The next day, Wee's teacher asked the class for their nicknames. When his teacher asked him what's his nickname, it's impossible for Wee to tell her "My name is Huang Ming Zhi." Meng Chee means "Name" as the pronunciation of 明志 and 名字 is almost the same. Wee is Wee's surname as it is in Hainan language, which means "Yellow (黄)". Therefore, "Name" means Meng Chee, "Wee" means Yellow (黄), that's how he discovered "Namewee".

One day, Wee used "Namewee" to register his YouTube account. Since then, people started to call him "Namewee".