Chinese name dilemna Part 1

Ok, so everyone knows the little smurf is named Ryder Keali'i XXX. If you read an earlier post, you would know that Ryder is old English for a Knight or a Horseman, thus the name is associated with being valiant, courageous, & brave. Along those lines we decided on his Hawaiian middle name Keali'i, which means chief. Because many of you have asked, the correct pronounciation of Keali'i is KAY-ah-LEE-yee. And the last name is obligatory.
Well, we have been at a dilemna for quite a few months over his Chinese name which is very important & difficult because 1) we live in Taiwan 2) he will do his early schooling here and no one will call him Ryder 3) his mom & dad can barely read Chinese 4) his mom & dad CANNOT write Chinese which leads to 5) a whole lot of confusion
His name will be XXX Shu SOMETHING because the second character Shu is already pre-determined. Chinese names (this is for my non-chink friends) are read with the surname first and then usually have 1 or 2 characters following as his name. Sometimes the 2nd character is pre-determined to designate generation. All my brothers and my first cousins have Chinese names that are similar. XXX Shih SOMETHING. Shih means poetry and in Ryder's case Shu means book or prose.

Chinese people also like to consult fortune tellers, palm readers, and basically the Chinese equivalent of gypsies in determining a name. They consider what of the four basic elements; water, earth, air, & fire, a child lacks. They also factor in the sound and the pitch of the name in addition to the total number of strokes in all three characters. Some sums being more fortunate or auspicious than others. And lastly they also consider his birthdate and time of birth. This all leads to a SUPER SCIENTIFIC MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHM which gets inputed into an Intel's newest Quadruple Core 8.2 Gigahertz Crystal Ball. A little buddha is summoned and he spits out a couple of different characters. Finally you consider the meanings of these characters and the way it sounds, even in Chinese there are mistakes like naming your kid Ben Dover! From these choices you ultimately choose your child's PERFECT name.Here's your daily cute pic of the little guy. Hey what's my Chinese name?

Anyway, to keep this post from getting really long we need to think of a Chinese name. That's we're at right now and my ramblings do not solve a thing. I just thought you would all like to know what me and Jackie have been racking are brains about the last few weeks. We are very close to a conclusion and we will tell you what his Chinese name is hopefully tomorrow.