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Hello, 


I am writing a Fantasy fiction book set in the future. I want to include characters with names from different cultures, and have three sisters whose names begin with "Mei"

 

The names i have chosen are:
 

Meixi (a protagonist/main character, very adventurous)

Meiwu (An antagonist, beautiful and conniving)

Meihui (still developing this character)

 

I can explain how I chose these, but would like to get first impressions. Any input and/or thoughts greatly appreciated!

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Meixi actually sounds pretty good. Probably because of Messi? LOL (梅西 in Chinese)

Meihui is OK.

But Meiwu is a bit awkward. I feel for it to work, 'mei' must have a different tone, thus cannot be the sister of the other two.

Just my impression. And I'm not very good at choosing names.

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I don't like the rhyming in Meihui. And Meiwu sounds like a good name only for someone who's not all there.

 

Meixi sounds nice, but maybe inauspicious for a name depending on the tones of the characters you choose. (Think 没吸.)

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I like Meixi (beautiful hope?), Meihui sounds acceptable to me, and Meiwu sounds like her parents must have had a special reason to name her that, sounds unusual to me. I'm not a native speaker though.

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What about Meimei for the youngest? One of its meanings is little sister, or just doubly beautiful:wink:. I have no expertise when it comes to names but this name is one I know as I named my youngest female cat that:shock:

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Thanks for the feedback! I know 美惠 is name that women have in CHina, like 文美惠. I'd like to stick with 美 as the first character. MeiMei would mean little sister, which is one idea I could use to add a little variety as a nickname :)

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