Chris’s full name is Michael Christian McMinn. When he was born, his parents knew they wanted to call him by his middle name (since his dad, Michael, went by Mike), and for 7 years, indeed that was the case. Then he started school. At age 7 he had his first epiphany (his words). If he omitted the ‘tian’ from the end of his name, it will be much shorter to write his name on school papers and will save him so much time over the next 12 years. And thus, ‘Chris’ was created; not that he actually writes that name anywhere nowadays. He only writes the name ‘Michael’. Which is why when Aya and Chris met in person for the first time, she said ‘Hi, Michael, nice to meet you’, to which he replied ‘Hi’. Aya only discovered that Michael goes by Chris on the second date. But that’s a different story.