Lu Posted May 14, 2012 at 01:32 PM Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 at 01:32 PM 真理 means truth and sounds to me kinda weird for a name. About as weird as being named 'Truth' in English. Possible, in some contexts, but kinda weird. 佳琪 on the other hand sounds to me like a perfectly normal female name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kike Posted May 14, 2012 at 02:45 PM Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 at 02:45 PM Probably my own fault for looking up popular Chinese names on the internet. I was already wondering if it would be weird in Chinese to call myself ´Truth´, as I wouldn't be comfortable with it in English either. Haha. But many Chinese names sound kinda weird to me when translated directly... can't tell yet which are ok and which aren't! So thanks for your opinion/advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted May 14, 2012 at 06:37 PM Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 at 06:37 PM What do you people think about 外漂泊 as a Chinese name? What good/bad connotations would native Chinese people have with this name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 15, 2012 at 05:40 AM Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 at 05:40 AM It does not sound like a good name. Names sometimes reflect the situation where they are made up, but more often they reflect hopes for the people bearing the names or for their descendants. If a person is 在外漂泊, I think more likely the name for himself or descendants would reflect the hope for returning home or stopping of the wandering. The words 歸 and 根 come to mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamir302 Posted May 15, 2012 at 12:21 PM Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 at 12:21 PM Hi all, I wondered- maybe you can help me with finding a Chinese name? My name is Tamir, in Hebrew it means tall (though I'm not that tall, just average ). As my last name starts with "Fel", I figured I turn it into 菲 (fei1). But what to do with my given name, Tamir? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted May 15, 2012 at 01:46 PM Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 at 01:46 PM Perhaps switch up last name and surname a bit and call yourself 高菲? Not sure if the similarity to 高飞 would be good or bad, best wait for input from a native speaker. Are you a woman? 菲 is a female name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamir302 Posted May 15, 2012 at 02:14 PM Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 at 02:14 PM Oh, I didn't know Fei is a Female name! As a male, I guess I need another one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 15, 2012 at 02:16 PM Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 at 02:16 PM Consider 費德敏 (fei4 de2 min3). Many people think that 敏 is just for female, but it is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamir302 Posted May 15, 2012 at 05:07 PM Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 at 05:07 PM It actually sounds a lot like my last name! But who think it's a girl name? Chinese people? I don't want them to go "Hey, why do you have a girl name?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted May 15, 2012 at 06:29 PM Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 at 06:29 PM If a person is 在外漂泊, I think more likely the name for himself or descendants would reflect the hope for returning home or stopping of the wandering. I like to convey pretty much the opposite. I like to convey a wandering, maybe searching, spirit. A soul that does not belong, but observes. Any suggestions for an alternative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 16, 2012 at 05:48 AM Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 at 05:48 AM Consider 游鑑, either as a full name (游 itself is a surname) or a first name. Take a look at the Taiwan MOE dictionary for a fuller explanation of the word 游 Personally I would prefer a single name 游, which can convey a lot. (PS - 游 is a cool name unless you pair it with surnames such as 黃 / 牛 / 石 etc which might mislead people to think it is 油.) Famous people with this name included 陸游 and 秦少游 (少游 was his alias. His formal name was 秦觀 and 觀 means to look/observe, among other meanings). PS - interestingly, 陸游's alias was 務觀. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted May 16, 2012 at 05:15 PM Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 at 05:15 PM Ok Skylee, thanks for the suggestion. Those characters are less well known by me but I see some merits. I'll think about and google the mentioned people... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjameno Posted May 16, 2012 at 08:24 PM Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 at 08:24 PM OK, what about the name 张译喆 for myself? Is it too bizarre? Does it sound silly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggyMar Posted December 18, 2012 at 03:42 AM Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 at 03:42 AM Hello, I read a few posts here and I am very interested to get myself a Chinese name and I think I need help finding one for me. I am a Chinese but not registered as one in my country (me and my father was registered as native instead in Malaysia for some quite racist reason they said). But I know my chinese family name was originally romanized Sim, and turn out to be like this 沈 (Shen, as my friend suggested). I still appreciate the Chinese ancestry in me and think that it is wise to present myself as chinese in some sort of way. I really would like to seek help from my Chinese friends, there are a few of them but none really offered me favourable name as I wish for the one that somehow carry a meaning or some. 娳姈 is the thing they suggest since it rhyme with my name, Marilyn. My friends' names are often do mean something, hui li, hui sing for example. Unlike the previous posts before, I don't really want a name derived from flower but instead characters or quality within a person such as strength, wisdom, and wealth if ever possible. I will still want the romanized western name be intact with the designed name later like my christian friends. I see some of you seeking help in internet and even come with a real good suggestion, so I humbly request help from people around here. please help me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy （亞美） Posted December 25, 2012 at 03:13 PM Report Share Posted December 25, 2012 at 03:13 PM OMG. In Malaysia, non-Chinese who studied chinese language don't get a last name e.g 李 etc. My Chinese name is 亚美, as it rhymes with Amy. And as I have a Japanese foster family - they let me have their family name and now it's 秋本 亚美 - been using that for my chinese name ever since @MaggyMar, 娳姈 is nice and fancy, but hard to pronounce to people with low vocabs LOL (and honestly I don't know what it means). How about 莉琳, meaning jasmine and jade - I'm imagining jasmine flower-shaped jade when pronouncing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggyMar Posted September 17, 2013 at 07:17 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 at 07:17 PM @amy thank you for your idea and what you think of my friend's suggestion. I might not want to have a name with a incomprehensible meaning. Really think your idea on my name is sweet, very lovely indeed and I accept it wholeheartedly! Thank you very much huhu. Oh my, what an out date post I should have thank you earlier but why, I forgot the password. T____T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tysond Posted September 18, 2013 at 07:40 AM Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 at 07:40 AM Many years back, my sister was in Beijing during Spring Festival and heard a song playing on the radio again and again. She called me and told me it sounded like eveyone in China was singing my (English) name - Tyson Dowd. Hence it became my Chinese name: 财神到。 I worried about whether it was appropriate/respectful for a while but I've found that 99% of the time it's met with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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