First giant panda cub born in Singapore named 'Le Le' after public vote
Le Le in his new nursery.
The cub born to giant pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia has been named after the results of a public vote were announced on Wednesday (Dec 29).
The winning name with the highest number of votes is “Le Le” ( 叻叻).
According to the public vote website, the word “Le” comes from an old Chinese term “Shi Le Po” which refers to Singapore.
Other names shortlisted for the vote were "Hong Hong" (宏宏), "Xin Le" (新乐), "Xin Yang" (新阳) and "Xin Yuan" (新缘).
More than 64,000 votes were submitted in the online poll held from Nov 3 to Nov 7 to decide the name of the first Singapore-born giant panda.
