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Choosing an English name

hello, everybody.

I want to choose a formal English name, but the people around me often has the similar name. What's more, I know little about the name culture of western countries.

I am  a lively,cheerful,with sense of humor girl. 

Please help me especially who is native English speaker.

Thanks!

26 Haz 2016 07:37
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In Canada there is a popular radio hostess named Wei Chen.

She uses her first and last name (pronounced with no tones).

Canadian English speakers have no problem pronouncing or remembering her name.

And her first name Wei sounds nice, and in my opinion weiwei sounds nice too.

 

Some Chinese names are difficult for English speakers to pronounce or remember, but weiwei or simply wei is easy to pronounce and remember.

I don't think you need to change your nice name.

26 Haziran 2016
5

Unlike in China, the meaning of names has almost no significance for most Westerners. We choose names because we like the sound or the look of them, because they are fashionable or unusual, or because they have personal, family or cultural associations for us.

 

Bear in mind that you <em></em>don't <em>have to</em> have an English name. People from Japan, Russia, Egypt and Mexico don't rename themselves when they learn English, and there is no reason why a Chinese person should do this. There is nothing wrong with being called 'Weiwei'. It's clear and pronounceable, and would fit easily into any English sentence. If you want to call yourself 'Wendy', for example, you can, but there's no need to.

26 Haziran 2016
3
<a href="https://www.italki.com/user/1478711">Su.Ki.</a>, I completely agree with you, but for some reason Chinese are like that. They all have "English" name too. I think it is total non-sense, but I know that this is how they are. Me complaining about this probably won't change much.
26 Haziran 2016
2

I think I understand why you do it, and honestly, even despite my name does not mean much in Russian, sometimes it hurts to hear how hard is it for foreigners.

And yes, there is no much meanings in European names, well, with the exceptions of names from the popular movies. I bet if you name yourself Daenerys or Khaleesi you'd get a lot of attention. :-)

I would start here and pick the closest to your real name http://babynames.net/girl

26 Haziran 2016
2
I agree with other comments here. I have an intermediate suggestion: "Way".  This is a well know word which people will always pronounce correctly.  It's clearly not an English name and so most people would guess that you have only Anglicised the spelling of part of your Chinese name. 
26 Haziran 2016
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