Chinese naming guides
Practical guides to choosing a Chinese name.
What Is My Name in Chinese? 3 Ways to Find Yours
Choose between a sound rendering, a meaning translation and a new Chinese name, with examples and a clear request you can take to a teacher.
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9 Cute Feminine Chinese Names: Smiles, Buds & Bells
Compare 9 cute feminine Chinese names with characters, tone-marked pinyin, literal meanings, adult-use tradeoffs, and sweet, floral, or bell-inspired styles.
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10 Elegant Feminine Chinese Names: Poise, Poetry & Jade
Compare 10 elegant feminine Chinese names with pinyin, character meanings, source notes, and practical choices between poise, landscape, poetry, and jade.
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Gong Li’s Chinese Name: Why This Li Suggests Quickness
Gong Li’s name is 巩俐, Gǒng Lì. 巩 is her surname; 俐 is her one-character given name. The most useful clue to 俐 is the familiar word 伶俐 línglì, associated with…
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Choosing a Chinese Surname for Johnson: What Do You Want to Keep?
To keep the opening of the Chinese rendering 约翰逊 Yuēhànxùn, compare 约 Yuē with 岳 Yuè and 叶 Yè. They follow that Mandarin rendering, rather than closely prese…
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A Chinese Surname for Jones: Qiong, Xiong or Gong?
If your surname is Jones and you want a Chinese surname drawn from 琼斯 Qióngsī, start by comparing 琼 Qióng itself. It is an attested, though rare, surname in…
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Smith in Chinese: Which Surname Should You Choose?
史密斯 — Shǐmìsī is a familiar Chinese spelling of Smith. For a Chinese personal name, 史 — Shǐ keeps its opening character and Mandarin sound. Compare it with 施…
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