New Members Electric Dragon Posted June 13, 2011 at 03:04 PM New Members Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 at 03:04 PM Hi there, I am new to this site after I Googled "choosing a chinese name" I am starting plans to move to China and get a job in IT, which is my major - but I have read that it is recommended to get a Chinese name. I have had the nickname Dragon ever since I was in school (this is due to me being half-Welsh!) and would like my Chinese name to use the given name 龙 (Lóng), but seem to be having difficulties trying to find a family name that matches well - the ones I have thought of so far are: Xiāo Lóng - 肖龙 Liáng Lóng - 亮龙 Qián Lóng - 钱龙 Lǐ Lóng - 李龙 (Li is the Chinese version of my Western given name Lee, I was named after Bruce Lee) I am new to all this stuff so any help would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted June 14, 2011 at 09:29 AM Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 at 09:29 AM 钱龙 sounds like 乾隆. Similarly, 李龙 is too close to 李小龙, which is Bruce Lee's name. Also watch for 古龙 and 成龙, unless you want to hear the same joke over and over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Electric Dragon Posted June 14, 2011 at 06:29 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 at 06:29 PM First of all, thank you for welcoming me to the site! I had some excellent help and also asked my girlfriend Cathy (she's Chinese) for some input and out of the list I gave her (I added a few extra this morning), we both thought 黄龙 (Huang Long) sounded rather nice. Cathy suggested 黄 (Huang), meaning golden yellow. I'm going to use this as my Facebook name first to test my friends reactions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted June 15, 2011 at 02:11 AM Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 at 02:11 AM Are you sure? As you have a single character given name, maybe you should pick a double character surname. They're more unique and are getting are. 万俟 司馬 上官 歐陽 夏侯 諸葛 聞人 東方 赫連 皇甫 尉遲 公羊 澹台 公冶 宗政 濮陽 淳于 單于 太叔 申屠 公孫 仲孫 軒轅 令狐 鐘離 宇文 長孫 慕容 鮮於 閭丘 司徒 司空 亓官 司寇 子車 顓孫 端木 巫馬 公西 漆雕 樂正 壤駟 公良 拓跋 夾谷 宰父 谷梁 段干 百里 東郭 南門 呼延 歸海 羊舌 微生 梁丘 左丘 東門 西門 南宮 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rezaf Posted June 15, 2011 at 02:15 AM Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 at 02:15 AM Why so many foreigners choose long in their names? Isn't long a little bit cheesy for foreigners now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyYenKhang Posted June 15, 2011 at 03:28 AM Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 at 03:28 AM Exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Electric Dragon Posted June 15, 2011 at 08:35 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 at 08:35 AM Hmm OK then, given the fact that I am a musician, friendy, loyal and smart, which double character surname yould you suggest goes well with Long - as I'm learning Mandarin, it would help if you posted the Mandarin versions so then I can choose one. I found a Wikipedia page that only has about 60 double character surnames: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_compound_surname but I'm sure there are more than that. I also have a Japanese and Korean name but those were easy to create, didn't think a Chinese one would be hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiaocai Posted June 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM 公孙龙 would be nice. 轩辕龙, hmm, probably a little bit over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 15, 2011 at 11:38 AM Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 at 11:38 AM I agree with rezaf. 龍 sounds cliche and cheesy. I think 隆 is better. Of double-character surnames I like 宇文 and 尉遲. And they don't seem to be too rare/pretentious. But note their Xianbei origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted June 18, 2011 at 08:21 AM Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 at 08:21 AM It is a little cliche, but if your nickname is Dragon and you're actually named after Bruce Lee, it's hard not to take it. But! 龙 is also a surname, although not a very common one. Perhaps you can use it as a surname and find a nice, non-cheesy given name? And what is your Korean name? The most obvious choice would perhaps be to just use the characters in that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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