Oct 18
Since my posts with the Chinese names for boys and girls seemed to be quite helpful, I will write about some common Chinese surnames this time. The major difference that strikes me in Chinese names is that the same surname can be found among a lot of people, while the first name (or more exactly the whole name) is very unique. In German or English it is the opposite way, that there are common first names, like Jenny, Kathrin, Alex, while surnames are more unique.
Maybe someone can explain this phenomenon?
Here are some very common surnames, that I suggest you to learn, even if you just started studying Chinese. Then you will see that you can already read most people’s surnames, and you can better address your Chinese teacher or Chinese friends. They are sorted by their frequency, from various sources as well as from my own feeling:
Top 10:
李 lǐ
王 wáng
张 zhāng
刘 liú
陈 chén
杨 yáng
赵 zhào
周 zhōu
郭 guō
朱 zhū
10 more common family names:
黄 huáng
吴 wú
徐 xú
孙 sūn
马 mǎ
胡 hú
林 lín
何 hé
高 gāo
莫 mò
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Oct 07
I already wrote a post about Chinese translations of boy names. Now it’s time for the follow up for the girls! This is just a list with the most common girl names. If you couldn’t find the name you were looking for, look here for a complete list of girl names.
First of all the most important translation to know is of course… my name ;-)
Jenny 珍妮 zhēn ní (the official way) or 洁尼 jié ní (my preferred way)
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Oct 01
This is the complete list of English girl names and their Chinese translations. If you didn’t find your name, let me know by leaving a comment and I will add it.
A
Abie 阿碧
Adele 阿黛尔
Alanis 阿拉尼斯
Alberta 阿尔伯塔
Alexa 阿蕾科沙
Alexandra 亚历山德拉
Alice 爱丽丝
Alicia 艾莉西亚
Aline 艾琳
Alisa 艾莉莎
Alison 阿莉森
Alyssia 艾莉西亚
Amanda 阿曼达
Amber 安伯
Amelia 阿梅丽娅
Amy 艾美
Anastasia 阿娜丝塔西亚
Andrea 安德丽娅
Angee 安吉
Angela 安吉拉
Angelina 安吉丽娜
Angie 安吉
Anisa 安妮莎
Ann 安
Anna 安娜
Anne 安
Annette 安妮特
Annie 安妮
Antonette 安托内特
April 艾普尔
Ariana 艾丽安娜
Ariane 艾丽安
Arianna 艾丽安娜
Ashley 艾什莉
Ashlyn 阿什琳
Audrey 奥黛丽
Avril 艾薇儿
Aya 阿娅
Ayleen 艾琳
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Oct 01
Here is the complete list of English boy names and their Chinese translations. If you didn’t find your name, let me know by leaving a comment and I will add it.
A
Aaron 阿隆
Abadie 阿巴迪
Abraham 亚伯拉罕
Achille 阿希尔
Adam 亚当
Adolf 阿道夫
Adrian 阿德里安
Alan 阿兰
Albert 阿尔伯特
Alen 阿伦
Alex 阿列克斯
Alexander 亚历山大
Alfred 阿尔弗雷德
Allan 阿兰
Allen 阿伦
Allison 埃里森
Amadeo 阿马德奥
Andelin 安德林
Andre 安德烈
Andrew 安德鲁
Andy 安迪
Anthony 安东尼
Antonio 安东尼奥
Antony 安东尼
Apollon 阿波罗
Arnold 阿尔诺德
Arthur 阿瑟
Aston 阿斯顿
August 奥古斯特
Austin 奥斯汀
Axel 阿克瑟尔
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Sep 25
People here in Germany sometimes ask me to translate their name into Chinese. However, I’m often not sure which characters to chose since there are standardized translations. So I just looked through several lists and noted the most common names. Hopefully this will help me remember them in the future. So if you are looking for the Chinese translation of a boy name, here is the list.
But first let me put down the characters that appear very often in translated names. You don’t have to memorize their meaning, but certainly their pronunciation since they appear a lot.
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