Luobot Posted January 17, 2008 at 06:13 AM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 06:13 AM This is strange. For me, Leo brings to mind a lion and nothing else, definitely not a free bird. And Leo Liu sounds strange and reminds me of Humbert Humbert in Lolita. Ouch. There goes my 包子. Let me see if I can salvage this … How about Leon Liu or Lenny Liu or Leonardo Liu? Still sounds more like a lion than a free bird? … then how about Jay (as in blue jay) … Jay Liu? Woo, this is a tough flock! I’m flying this coop! Quote
ABCinChina Posted January 17, 2008 at 06:26 AM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 06:26 AM This is strange. For me, Leo brings to mind a lion and nothing else, definitely not a free bird. And Leo Liu sounds strange and reminds me of Humbert Humbert in Lolita. How about Flyberto? Quote
Lu Posted January 17, 2008 at 06:29 AM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 06:29 AM Alliterating names always sound a bit strange to me, but it seems to happen quite a lot when Chinese people pick a name that corresponds to their family name instead of to their given name. Li Oufan => Leo Ou-fan Lee comes to mind. I'd go with either Chaowu (since that is your name already) or Charles. Charles Liu, sounds good, decent English name. Won't go out of style, yet you won't run into a lot of people with the same name. Quote
heifeng Posted January 17, 2008 at 07:01 AM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 07:01 AM oooh, just thought of one (other than pinyin since that is a very good option) Chaowu~~ 'Clive' Liu....that's a cool name! Quote
imron Posted January 17, 2008 at 08:03 AM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 08:03 AM Alliterating names always sound a bit strange to me,Yeah, I agree with this. I'd try to choose a first name that doesn't begin with the same letter as your last name. Quote
dufresne Posted January 17, 2008 at 09:48 AM Author Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 09:48 AM And Leo Liu sounds strange and reminds me of Humbert Humbert in Lolita. Oh,That's a problem I didn't notice. Clive is nice. Thanks for your help. Quote
renzhe Posted January 17, 2008 at 01:18 PM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 01:18 PM If your name is Chao Wu, you could look for an English name that sounds roughly like Chao Wu. Joey Jerry George Charlie I feel that it's the simplest and least painful way. Those who know you well can pronounce your name properly, others use the English variant which sounds close enough. I've seen many Chinese born people pick a really awesome sounding word with awesome connotations as their name, but it often sounds really odd as a given name. Like "Hawk" or "Falcon" or "Celeste". It is really unfortunate. How can you take someone seriously if their name is "Falcon"? Quote
renzhe Posted January 17, 2008 at 01:22 PM Report Posted January 17, 2008 at 01:22 PM This is strange. For me, Leo brings to mind a lion and nothing else, definitely not a free bird. It always reminds me of Leo Tolstoy. Most people will probably be reminded of Leonardo di Caprio, though... Quote
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