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Lilitu

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Does 萧风 sound alright, or is it not a suitable Chinese name?

Just found out today that 萧风 is already taken. It's the name of a female Chinese singer:

Chinese taboo: Two [or more] people cannot possibly have the same exact given & last names, EXCEPT when it's a coincidence. If something bad happened to the person with this name, then whoever [else] has this name will also be affected.

I'd suggest you take another name.

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Chinese taboo: Two [or more] people cannot possibly have the same exact given & last names, EXCEPT when it's a coincidence. If something bad happened to the person with this name, then whoever [else] has this name will also be affected.

I don't understand. If people believe this to be true, why are there over a million people with the name 劉波 and another million with the name 李剛? Why can't someone has the name 蕭風 by coincidence?

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I think what trien27 is trying to say is that if, at the time you are picking a name, you know someone else with the exact same name, then those two are somehow "linked" together. In contrast, if you don't know the other person at the time the name is picked, but you find out later that the two people have the same name, then you are not "linked" together.

Personally, I have never heard this, but I certainly don't know all Chinese taboos.

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