WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Bao-what? That's the question we have pondered over dinner, in the car, on the bed, watching TV over the last few months. What's in a name? A parent's hope for the child, their aspiration, their wish of what their child should be (or should not be) are all embedded in this identity that will follow the child for life. It doesn't help that our family follows a tight list of middle character to be used for sons closely, and we are left with only one character to play with out of three (minus surname too). And it so happen that my sons' middle is not so glam- 'Bao' (to protect).. it makes choosing the character that follows all the more challenging. Wife wants something manly and connotes success and vigour. I just want my child to be happy and have a good character. Well we can go with "Bao-bao" (baby), "Bao-bei" (my precious), but he will probably be a joke in school. Likewise, calling him "Bao-xi" (sure die), "Bao-le" (full), "Bao-tong" (sure to get stab), "Bao-jia" (sure to get eaten/ cheated ... and durian sellers slogan) is not very helpful either. Others like "Bao-yu", "Bao-ling" sounds girly. We had difficulties naming our first born "Bao-en" (en means grateful) which sounds not too bad, and now the second one - another boy - will have very limited choice. We have shortlisted "Bao-kai" (which connotes happiness/ victory - depending which character we use) but the shortcoming will be him being teased as "spend money" or "broke" in Hokkien. Others will be "Bao-xuan" (tall, with character and poise), "Bao-jing" (quell uprising - aka Guo Jing in Condor Heroes ha ha), "Bao-xun" (fragrance). I'm stuck. Think we will go to the fortune-teller to pick the most auspicious one. After that, we will debate over his English name. Any suggestions?