The Forest from the Trees

In Vietnam most people's names have at least two meanings. The first meaning is normally stuff like dragon, equality, intelligence, flower and the like. The second meaning is turning out to be far more interesting and I have becoming a bit annoying in my quest for knowledge. 

At the restaurant last night:

"Nhong. Is that your name? Nhong? What does Nhong mean?"

-- "It means flower. A special flower [points] ... like this one. But not yellow. Dark red."

"Rose?"

-- "Yes. A rose. But not yellow ... red. Dark red. Dark red rose."

"What else does it mean?"

-- "Nothing. Just a flower."

"No other meaning?"

 -- "No. Just red rose."

Bullshit, I think to myself ... I bet it means washing machine; or tampon.

15 minutes later Lâm came to take my order:

"Lâm? How do I say that? Lââââm. 

-- "Yes.  Lâm. Correct."

"What does it mean? What does Lâm mean in Vietnamese?"

-- "It means forest".

"Forest? Oh. Forest. Very nice. Does it mean something else in Vietnamese? What is the other meaning?"

-- "Many trees."

"Oh."