need more name help

[Fox Arashi]

i wanted my chinese first name to be 岚狐 (Lánhú). is this a good name to have? does it sound like a real name? give opinions 

[heifeng]

Honestly, the first thing that comes to my mind when I see 狐 is someone yelling 狐狸精!......so I would err on the side of not using this character in a name.....but by all means apply the power of google search to see if it has ever been used as a serious name:)

 

 

 

 

[arrow]

The character is a good one, at least not a common choice. 狐 is considered as a cunning animal in China.

The sound of this name, on the other hand, is pretty good. You can try replace 狐 with 鹄 or something else.

[Fox Arashi]

is 暴恳霖 a good name to have? i know what the characters mean i just need to know if its a normal-ish name and make sense and all that. please give opinions

[wendy123]

No, it's not. first of all. as far as I know, there is no such a surname in China. since you know what 暴 means, you should know it's not a good word. Second. I barely see people have 恳 in their names. the meaning of that character is good. it means honest and hardworking. but it's just not proper for names. Last, all of the three words seem to have too many 笔画， which makes people uncomfortable to read. We usually avoid that. I mean. you can have one character of your name like that, no more than one, better none. Btw, the last character 霖 is not bad for a name. some people use it, for both boys and girls. 

[mungouk]

MDBG reckons  暴 is a surname.

 

[Fox Arashi]

暴 is a surname, i dont think it's used very often or something or its too old. i will  keep 霖 then and not 恳 and try to keep the 笔画 count to a minumum. what about 岚 as surname?  or 狐? also what two character first names use 'lin' in them (that are male)?

[wendy123]

Ok, I looked it up in the dictionary 暴 is a surname. but I've never heard of it in my life, neither in books nor on TV. 
岚 is not a surname for sure. but many people use it in given names(more likely for girls)
Actually, if you want your name to be more like a Chinese one. you'd better choose a surname from the most commonly seen, like 张，王，李，刘 etc. (张 is my favorite btw). To many Chinese people, a non-Chinese person having a full Chinese name is already a little strange. it would be stranger if you choose a rarely used surname. 

In my opinion, 张雨, 张小宇 are good names(for both boys and girls. I would use that if I were able to name myself haha), they are simple but also sound cute and cool. not so many people use them though. some parents are trying so hard to make their children's names meaningful and unique and end up sounding silly.

Oh, do not use 狐, never heard of it. I guess only people from thousands of years ago use that. 
There are too many combinations for "Lin", I can give some examples: 天霖，霖轩，一霖， 伯霖. they all sound good. 

 

 

[Fox Arashi]

thank you very much, wendy. very helpful info.

[dwq]

You can usually look up 「X姓」to see if X is a surname. In the case of 狐，it turns out to be a historical 氏 and I can't seem to find any example of modern person with that surname.

令狐 is a surname in 百家姓 (as is 暴, incidencially) and perhaps there are still some people with that surname. 風 is also a surname (one of the oldest, actually) but I can't seem to find modern example of it either, outside of fiction.

 

https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/狐偃

https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/风姓

[Lu]

3 hours ago, dwq said:

令狐 is a surname in 百家姓 (as is 暴, incidencially) and perhaps there are still some people with that surname.

Taiwanese diplomat Bruce Linghu is one. But it's very, very rare and I would not recommend it for a foreigner's Chinese name, unless you have some special connection to it.

[mungouk]

4 hours ago, dwq said:

You can usually look up 「X姓」to see if X is a surname.

 

Useful to know. How would you suggest we do that?  

 

Thanks!

 

[Fox Arashi]

 

3 minutes ago, mungouk said:

Useful to know. How would you suggest we do that?  

 

Thanks!

guys i just found a good website for looking up names and surnames. http://www.sheup.net you can search names with characters

[dwq]

4 hours ago, mungouk said:

Useful to know. How would you suggest we do that?  

Just search google or baidu with the term and if X is a surname you'd usually get hits and usually they'll mention if it is common or rare, sometimes give examples of people with that surname. e.g.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=暴姓

https://baike.baidu.com/item/尖姓

 

[Kewen]

On 7/4/2018 at 11:14 AM, wendy123 said:

Actually, if you want your name to be more like a Chinese one. you'd better choose a surname from the most commonly seen, like 张，王，李，刘 etc. (张 is my favorite btw). To many Chinese people, a non-Chinese person having a full Chinese name is already a little strange. it would be stranger if you choose a rarely used surname.

That's interesting. One of my Chinese teachers suggested 司徒 for me (because it's close to my native family name), I know it's not a super rare name but do you think people would find it strange for a foreigner to adopt one of the few 2-character family names?

[Fox Arashi]

hello everyone. could 'renji' possibly be a name in chinese? 'ren's: 仁 忍 任 etc  'ji's: 吉 季 继 纪 计 际 基 etc

[龙行天下]

i think 吉仁 is better than renji.because it's sounds like 吉人.吉人自有天相！

[Hofmann]

You kind of answered your own question there.

[roddy]

Merged your three topics. 

[Fox Arashi]

6 hours ago, Hofmann said:

 

You kind of answered your own question there.

 

ill take that as a yes