When our daughter was born，we named her Myles,after my beloved late father,despite family warning that the name was too masculine¹.

女儿出生时，我们给她取名叫迈尔斯。和我深爱的已经过世的父亲同名。虽然大家提醒说这个名字太男性化了。

Years later,when I felt she was old enough to understand,I explained to Myles,"Your name is very special.I named you after my own father because I loved him very much.I know he would be proud of you."

几年以后，我觉得迈尔斯已经长大并且足够懂事了，就跟她解释说：“你的名字很特别，我让你跟我的父亲同名是因为我非常爱他。我想他会为你感到自豪的。”

Myles thought carefully about this and then said, “I know all that, Mom. But I don't understand why my grandfather had a girl's name.”

迈尔斯仔细想了想跟说道：“这些我都懂，妈妈。但是我不明白为什么外公会有一个女孩的名字呢。”