didar Posted June 30, 2010 at 09:18 AM Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 at 09:18 AM Here is a new one: 阚。 I have a friend with this 姓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted December 20, 2010 at 05:23 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 at 05:23 AM 馀, a variant of 余. Can I count that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yang Posted December 20, 2010 at 06:19 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 at 06:19 AM Here is the most awkward first name i ever know. 焦(jiao1). when somebody ask 您贵姓? and you have to answer 我姓焦 (sounds exactly: I have sex). It's really awkward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob07 Posted January 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM 那, the 姓 of one of the child winners of the Expo painting competition. I think now that I might have seen this once or twice before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted January 12, 2011 at 01:42 AM Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 at 01:42 AM Yes there is a famous Chinese singer called 那英. IIRC it is a surname adopted by Manchurian people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 23, 2011 at 11:02 AM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 11:02 AM Take a look at this blog. I think the surname of the kid who drew the picture is quite unusual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooironic Posted February 23, 2011 at 01:13 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 01:13 PM I met a guy on the train the other day with a surname of 曲, a simple character but I had never seen it in a surname before. His 名字 was 帅 and boy he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 23, 2011 at 01:17 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 01:17 PM There is a character in 笑傲江湖 called 曲洋. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle1990 Posted February 23, 2011 at 03:54 PM Report Share Posted February 23, 2011 at 03:54 PM Here is the most awkward first name i ever know. 焦(jiao1). when somebody ask 您贵姓? and you have to answer 我姓焦 (sounds exactly: I have sex). His name wasn't 焦幢, was it? 您好,我姓焦,叫幢。。。 sounds like 性交 + 叫床 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted February 24, 2011 at 10:17 PM Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 at 10:17 PM I think the surname of the kid who drew the picture is quite unusual.That is unusual. Is that even a Han surname? Could well be from an ethnic minority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted November 27, 2011 at 07:25 PM Report Share Posted November 27, 2011 at 07:25 PM Time to rake up an older topic---an oldy but goody (Particularly if you don't want to be in the awkward position of not knowing how to read someone's name!) I encountered this character in a name [/url] . It's not the person's last name in this particular article, BUT, it could be a last name (according to baidu and one of my dictionaries at least~~~oddly not all of them though...hmm) Found it here: 搶購後悔 又跑去退貨 Excerpt: ]美西華人學會會長楊家淦說,美國一年四季都有折扣,未必非得等到黑色星期五這天出手。他提到,身邊許多親友衝著折扣在賣場搶購,最後發現用不著,又花時間跑回去退貨。 from http://www.zdic.net/: 基本字义 ● 淦 gàn ㄍㄢˋ 1. 水入船中。 2. 河工称起伏很大的激浪。 3. 姓。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members TiffanyChing Posted March 10, 2012 at 03:51 AM New Members Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 at 03:51 AM My family name is also strange 景(jing2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted August 6, 2012 at 01:42 PM Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 at 01:42 PM It's been mentioned already, but today a friend was actually talking about someone they knew whose surname was 苟, and both myself and a number of other friends did a double take until they explained it was not that 狗 but this 苟. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobyqueen Posted April 3, 2013 at 05:37 PM Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 at 05:37 PM I know a lady called 阚 for a surname and as it turns out many Chinese people do not know how this is pronounced when they see it. Any other examples of rare names or surnames? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted April 3, 2013 at 08:01 PM Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 at 08:01 PM Now, we have a topic for that somewhere. Let me find and merge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted April 3, 2013 at 08:14 PM Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 at 08:14 PM A perfect example of why this Forum is so comfortable to write & hang out in = great organization! (& Admins of course) However since this thread has now been 'bumped' & merged, can the actual pronunciations actually be included along with these surnames....too many key strokes & mouse clicks to have to keep doing it myself in addition to clicking on this thread... *sigh* (yes, I know, and I would like some peeled grapes too....) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted April 3, 2013 at 09:42 PM Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 at 09:42 PM I would like some peeled grapes too Here you go then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted April 4, 2013 at 09:05 AM Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 at 09:05 AM Inputting contacts for my (now former) work I came across a lady surnamed Shentu 申屠. Asked a Chinese friend about it, she'd never heard of that surname either. I forgot the lady's given name, but that was very commonplace, which was a pity I thought. With a surname like that, you really should come up with some really cool (preferably one-character) given name for your kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooironic Posted April 4, 2013 at 09:53 PM Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 at 09:53 PM One of my friends, his surname is 左 ("left"). Not a rare surname, but an unusual one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted April 17, 2013 at 04:24 AM Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 at 04:24 AM 冷 was mentioned in #59. I have just come across someone with this surname. I think it is quite special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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