Help me choose a name

[godsjoker]

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?

[NinjaTurtle]

Is your name Dan or Daniel?

[squailee]

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. 

[godsjoker]

It’s Daniela

[godsjoker]

@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? 

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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.

[Pandarow]

@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. 

 

[imron]

Regarding 'cold' in a name, I used to have a co-worked whose name was 梁如冰 , whi.

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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.