Help me to choose an english name ~

[stonelee]

at the beginnig: I come from China, the level of my English is just beginning.You can kown my level from these sentences,( i am sure that there some mistakes in these sentences, i hope you can help me to find it and make it right)

I even don't have an English name. My Chinese name is 李石磊，so i want to find an English name that the pronounce will be similar with 石磊(shi2 lei3). Maybe the first letter is "S", because I think it will be similar with the pronounce of shilei.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH~!

I AM A MALE~

我来自中国，英语水平还比较初级...~ 这你们应该可以从我的英文句子里看的出来吧~

我找到这个论坛希望和大家一起提高语言水平~ 当然我希望提高英语水平~ 我可以也可以发挥我中文母语的优势，大家共同进步~！

我想取个英文名字，最好发音能接近我的名字，我姓李，名石磊。所以名字可能会是

XXX LEE。可能会是S字母打头，我觉得这样发音会比较接近。

谢谢大家的帮忙~！

[skylee]

Wow there are a lot of stones in your name.

Incidentally I have a cousin whose name is simply 石磊 (surname 石, given name 磊). We are not in touch, though.

PS - IMHO, Stone is not bad. You could also consider Peter and Pierre and their variants (meaning rock/stone).

[HashiriKata]

When I hear shi2 lei3, I think of Shirley

[skylee]

Stanley / Stan are also OK I think.

[imron]

And when I hear Shirley I think girl's name.

[Janice※E海波涛]

hah.....I feel very excited to see u here....actually,I'm an Chinese who want to use more English in my life, too.I have added u as a friend:)

Okay,come to the point,I think u don't need to have an En name which has the similar pronunciation to your Ch name....that's just my point view:)

Good luck!

[HashiriKata]

Thanks imron!

"Stanley / Stan" is a good choice, sounds like "Stone" too.

[stonelee]

to skylee ~ lee is also in your name(skylee), if that means your surname is 李 too?

four stones in my name~ i am proud that ~ haha ~

you suggest Peter and Pierre and their variants (meaning rock/stone), i think it is OK, i even think about Ferris,because someone told me it means rock, I wish there will have a name both the meaning of rock/stone and pronounce similar with shi2 lei3~ IF this name exist?

what is the meaning of "PS - IMHO"? and i don't find the button that can quote others replies~!

[stonelee]

to HashiriKata

Shirley is really similar with shi2 lei3~! BUT.... girl's name.....

[heifeng]

Although not very common:

actually, Stone itself is already a name, I remember, this news broadcaster had this name in the US..

Stoney is a also a name, see here, which also lists similar sounding names

Sidney sounds to Shilei too, but it has to basically be spelled with the I and not a Y otherwise it becomes a girls name:mrgreen:

[renzhe]

Hrm, Shelley is also a girl's name.

Maybe Charlie?

[stonelee]

TO skylee，Stanley / Stan is good, i will consider that.

[stonelee]

TO heifeng ~ Stoney is also a good chance~ i am thinking....~

[Don_Horhe]

I also think Stanley/Stan are good choices. Wouldn't go with Stoney though, as I think many people would associate it with a state you're in after inhaling the smoke from a certain plant.

[leeyah]

李石磊 ？...

How about Rockstone Lee ?!

It's a good name

Sounds English & has a meaning just like your Chinese name.

And there's a reggae song goes: rockstone was my pillow....

[heifeng]

Wouldn't go with Stoney though, as I think many people would associate it with a state you're in after inhaling the smoke from a certain plant.

darn, you gave it away. That would have been part of the English learning experience.

hmmm Rockstone, while interesting may be a bit overkill....

[stonelee]

Now i think may be Stoney is a good chance, Stone and Stanley is also good,but i think Stone is for too extensive use and Stanley is less meaning of stone than Stoney.~

How about Stoney?or any other advice?

我目前觉得Stoney好像还不错，Stone毕竟大多数时候还是表示石头。Stanley也不错，但是觉得不如Stoney那么直接的反应出“石头”，毕竟我名字里面4个石头啊~

Stoney这个名字是不是会让人一下不知道是男是女？If Stoney is both used as girl's and boy's name?

[renzhe]

I wouldn't use "Stoney". It sounds silly, tbh, and I've never heard of anyone with that name. And it reminds me of smoking drugs.

Stanley is at least a "proper" name that everyone is familiar with. People will probably shorten it to "Stan", though.

[stonelee]

TO Don_Horhe

Don_Horhe I also think Stanley/Stan are good choices. Wouldn't go with Stoney though, as I think many people would associate it with a state you're in after inhaling the smoke from a certain plant.

i don't understand your meaning clearly,can you explain it? You means Stoney may let people associate some bad things with it?

Stoney 让人有不是很好的感觉？

[leeyah]

Stoney is a good chance

Stoney is both used as girl's and boy's name?

No, it isn't and it's not a regular name either（Stoney 也不是人的名字，听起来有点可笑，还有它的含义不好。你是看不懂上面的英文吗？他们在逗你 ）

But if you choose to go with Stoney, Rocky is just as good. Sooo macho I mean: Rocky比Stoney强.

Stanley is a bit oldfashioned, Stone is a surname.......Stan is good, though.

PS: I'm so sad you didn't like Rockstone， 听起来很强 (嗯 你懂 overkill 吗?)