Mei Xiao Hu

(Lucas Oscar Fischer Mellbin)

Lucas Oscar has been given the Chinese name Mei Xiao Hu. The meaning of the name Xiao Hu is: "The Little Tiger". Mei is his given name in Chinese.

His name follows that of his two big brothers. They are the two big tigers - so he is appropriately the little tiger. In China it is common to name the children after their rank in age and sex.

Wei Hu is a popular Chinese name in the countryside. Here peasants often choose names with animal characters that carry a long symbolic tradition.