New Members godsjoker Posted June 29, 2018 at 06:54 PM New Members Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 at 06:54 PM Hello. I’m trying to come up with a name that both has a similar pronounciation to my actual name but that also has a meaning. Also, considering I might spend a year in China, I also hope it sounds as natural as possible. The surname will probably be 孔。 What I came up is: 旦凉 霮凉 萏凉 But I don’t know how they’d sound to a native speaker, and I’m concerned about the “dan” part sounding like 蛋 when speaking which would probably make it silly? And that 凉 might sound negative or something. I thought of using 寒 but I can’t come up with anything. I also thought of 旦冷 but I’m not too sure about it. Advice? Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaTurtle Posted June 29, 2018 at 07:33 PM Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 at 07:33 PM Is your name Dan or Daniel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squailee Posted June 29, 2018 at 09:16 PM Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 at 09:16 PM 凉 is uncommon in Chinese names. If you want to keep "liang" sound, then I would suggest 良 instead of 凉. The meaning of 良 is good or beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members godsjoker Posted June 29, 2018 at 09:52 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 at 09:52 PM It’s Daniela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members godsjoker Posted June 30, 2018 at 07:16 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 at 07:16 AM @squailee the problem is that I want to keep the meaning as well. The sound can slightly change, but I need something related to cold. I know 雪 is more common but it doesn’t mean anything to me. I need something about coldness. What about 冷? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow Posted June 30, 2018 at 08:37 AM Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 at 08:37 AM 丹 would be common choice for the first character, used a lot in girl names. 宁，妮，玲，灵，伶，绫 would be perfect matches for the second character. Yours are just unlikely to appear in names, can't say wrong but definitely peculiar. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandarow Posted July 1, 2018 at 09:53 AM Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 at 09:53 AM @godsjoker, as @squailee mentioned, 凉, 冷, 蛋, 霮, 萏 are rarely used in Chinese Name, 旦 is used but I am not sure whether it is used that much. People always use Chinese characters with more positive meanings in name. I just used this Chinese Name generator to find a Chinese name for you, for Daniela, there are some good choices like 宁乐, 宁来, 宁林. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted July 1, 2018 at 02:04 PM Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 at 02:04 PM Regarding 'cold' in a name, I used to have a co-worked whose name was 梁如冰 , whi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow Posted July 2, 2018 at 07:50 AM Report Share Posted July 2, 2018 at 07:50 AM Quote Regarding 'cold' in a name, I used to have a co-worked whose name was 梁如冰. Interesting, whoever named her or him must intentionally make it souds like 凉如冰 which means cold as ice. Probably out of protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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