Chinese Names You SHOULDN'T Get! 

exactly what I thought lol 😆

I’m native Chinese. I think it’s really a cool name. Words of months are not common names among native people, but people like you who are from other countries often choose uncommon and ingenious names. 王九月 is not weird at all. Also I believe some Chinese internet influencers are using similar nicknames

I had the same thought.

Hi Katharine, I think it's a good name in general. 林 is a common Chinese surname, it means "forest" and it consists of two 木 which means “wood”, so sometimes people would use this character in their names if they lack "wood" (in Five Elements, which is explained in another video of mine, you can find more info about Chinese names here too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kVCdABuke6U.html) Both 辉(brilliance/brightness) and 优(superior/excellent) have good meanings. The only concern people might have if they're getting this name for a girl is that 辉 in a name is supposed to be masculine, rarely heard in girls' names, not a big deal though, just thought you might want to know. In terms of its pronunciation, it instantly reminds me of a famous Chinese architect/poet/writer 林徽因 (AKA Phyllis Lin or Lin Whei-yin when in the United States). Anyways, personally I like this name and I hope all this helps.

@@ChinesewithJessie Thanks so much for getting back to me, this is great news! Usually, I would change it if it sounds a bit masculine but since it's a very precious name given to me by my students I think I'll keep it since it's not too weird lol. Thank you for your help!

王沐宸 looks like a name some parents give to their children recent years. It's a not-bad name. But recently too many new-borns get this kind of name. Two character name is ok. But don't use 王敏，because 200k+ people are called 王敏.

@@toitoi2019 What's your thoughts on 郭泰? I have increasingly been attracted to this name.

@@danielmaxwell8836 I don't have a strong opinion about 郭泰, it's ok for a name. It looks like a normal name for Chinese. What kind of name do you want? Special one, beautiful one, memorable one, or anything else?

some names mean girls, some names mean boys and some names you cannot tell whether they are boys or girls.

Ps. I just get the idea of using Changsheng when I accidentally watched a historical-fantasy chinese drama "Fighter of destiny" from the protagonist name Chen Chang Sheng lead by Ze Tian Ji. Just a quick trivia hahahaha

@@knightofmaharlika7636 I think 刘长生 is a really cool name!

@@ChinesewithJessie thank you for the respond. ❤

That is a great name, poetic and feminine, one of the most popular girls in my high school got that name 😆

both daemon and 守护进程 refer to processes, like in linux, for example systemd is an example of a daemon. At least colloquially I've never seen daemon used otherwise. It would definitely be ill-advised to name yourself 「守护进程」as it does not have any other denotation or connotation aside from computer science.

based on the sound, I think 戴蒙，or 代猛 is a good choices. 戴 or 代 isa common Chinese surname.if female the second character can be changed to萌，which means sprout

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What about 奕博？It means "compete", but got the wisdom vibe, fits your original name too

@@ChinesewithJessie hahaha 桑奕博 will sound similar to 王一博，但更酷😎，哈哈哈。Which character conveys the wise vibe?

@@ChinesewithJessie You know what? I think I'll just stick to 桑依沃，it sounds similar to my name and I kind of like the "follow fertility" or so meaning. Do you like it? hahaha

It's a good name!

That's a good name！珍 means precious or cherish in Chinese. I like it!

usually proper names don't use 「小」, mostly nicknames. just an observation.

@@real_dddf、 my teacher's proper name is 刘小雨。 But thank you for the enlightening

Hi Jherek, 杰里科is simplified Chinese, 傑利可 is traditional Chinese, they are not exactly the same characters though, sometimes translations would vary in mainland China and HK/Macau/Taiwan. I live in mainland China, and we use simplified Chinese here.Your name in Chinese is translated by the way it sounds so I don't think it should be interpreted in the same way. For example, my English name is Jessie, there is an origin behind it in English, but if I say my name in English is Yuan, then there's no way English-speakers can tell me what it means. Hope this makes sense to you.

@@ChinesewithJessie Thanks for your answer, I got it.

Katie Cummins Hi Katie, what is the meaning of your English name though? Coz 清梅 are two separate characters rather than a compound word, 梅 is a kind of Chinese plant/flower and could also be a surname, while 清has around 7 meanings. But overall I think this name is quite old-fashioned and gives off a feeling of dignity and integrity. So hi 清梅😊

Learn Chinese with Jessie My name means “pure” which has a sort of similar meaning to 清 as far as I know. If 清梅 is old-fashioned then are there any other names that have a similar meaning to the word “pure”?

Katie Cummins Ah I see, I think the character 纯(chún) is closer to what you're looking for than 清, and the reason why the name sounds old-fashioned is because flowers like 梅/莲/荷 are commonly used names among our older generations but not that popular now. Also Chinese names are often 2-4 characters (including the surname), so you don't have to find another character but you can if there's anything else you like 😉 Hope that helps 😘

Learn Chinese with Jessie that definitely helps, 谢谢！

is it right??😅

Plz confirm 🙏🏻

Plz confirm 🙏🏻

yes, it's a very common translated name (nearly a standard one ) of David in Chinese by its pronunciation :D

Hi Xitliali, lots of Chinese characters share the same pronunciation, so I can't tell you what "Xi Jia Li " means coz those could be any characters out of approximately 800 possibilities. But if you'd like some suggestions on choosing the exact characters of "Xi Jia Li ", I'm thinking about 席嘉莉(xí jiā lì). 席(xí) is a surname with long history, it dates back to the Emperor Yao era(2333-2234 BCE), still shared by over 500k people in China now. 嘉(jiā)means "wonderful/compliment", it's unisex, I mentioned it in one of my videos before.(ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nqokCkYymlg.html&t) 莉(lì)is commonly used in female names, it's part of the word茉莉(mò lì)which means jasmine, Hope this helps. :)

Hmm this is a tricky one, if you want a surname sound similar to yours, I think the closest is 鲍, bào, which means abalone, ranking 62nd in The Hundred Family Surnames. And if you want something related to change, which is 变 biàn, there is a surname called 卞 biàn that has the same pronunciation, and it originated from a royal name in ancient China, now ranking 87th in The Hundred Family Surnames. (Ranked by the popularity)

Can you let me know which characters they are?

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it sounds nice in Chinese and quite native, 蔡 is a common surname, 瑋(it's not commonly used though) means precious jade and 利 means benefits. It seems Chinese will like this kind of "lucky" name

Hi Allie, names like 亚历山德拉 are transliterated names which means they are just random Chinese characters put together to make it sound like your English name, they don't have other meanings. 艾莉 is supposed to be like that too but it happens to look like a Chinese name because: 1. 艾 is a real Chinese surname. 2. Most Chinese names are 2-3 characters as you know. 3. 莉 is commonly used for female Chinese names. It's a kind of herbal plant (mostly seen as jasmine in 茉莉), it also has good implied meaning - things go smoothly everywhere. This comes from the structure of the character, the 艹 above refers to four sides, 利 as in 顺利(things go smoothly). *Imagine when you explain your Chinese name like this to your friends instead of saying "coz it sounds like my English name" :) * I have never heard of 九 as a surname but I just looked it up, although really rare, it is a surname indeed lol. But still sound a bit off to me. 尼纳 sounds more like Nina I think? Maybe change it to 倪娜 if you're gonna use it. Same pronunciation, but different words. As for 阿里, I would prefer 艾莉 if you just want it to sound like Allie. Okay, hope this helps, and let me know if you got any other questions. ❤️

菲奧娜？

It's cute!

Yeah 草 actually means grass but it's also a buzz word for "fuck" in Chinese, so I wouldn't suggest this name either.

Learn Chinese with Jessie thank you so much

是个好名字！听起来感觉是个性格很好的人，骏在中文名字里也比较常见。适合你！

@@ChinesewithJessie 哈哈哈哈 谢谢jessie老师 你好棒哦

Yeah 建国 is an extremely popular name around the 50s because People's Republic of China was built in 1949, a lot of people named their children 建国 to memorize that.

I think it's a cool name! You should keep it! 😆

@@ChinesewithJessie Thank you, I actually asked other people as well and I came up with 逍云 but some told me that 霄云 would be better, what's your opinion? I also would like to look up for a surname but I don't know what would be better, what do you think?

@@frarotu6750 how about 任 Ren as a surname? It means “let me”. So it can mean let me be free

@@embershen364 It's been a while since I wrote that comment so I had decided to stick with 周逍云, but I think I'll have to rethink of the surname ahah so thank you! 谢谢你啊！

逍遙 is a very important concept in Taoism which means free/freedom, it's good! 霄(sky) 云(clouds) means clouds in the sky, it's rather more visual and figurative

Ah that's a good name! 暖 means warm/thoughtful in Chinese!

That is a great name!

Well, Juan and Huan are both in Chinese pinyin, so it depends on what kind of names you're looking for.

@@ChinesewithJessie Juan means book, doesn't it? Huan means happy doesn't it? I like the first one more. 😉

@@wholesoulHmm.. yes and no since you didn't mark the tones of Juan and Huan, it could be any character out of more than 100 characters, but I suppose you meant 卷juàn and 欢huān , even so, they both have more than one meaning and 卷juàn has more than more pronunciation.

i dont mean to burst your bubble but sing sing could mean star star or gorilla in southern china. It's best to go with just one sing but it could work with both too, depending on how the person uses it.

@@dbrzy8989 😭😭😩

but 星星 is really a name of Stephen Chow's character （full name is 周星星）in one of his movies XD it's quite cute ~

@@yuenlinwong2556 aww this makes me feel so cool 😭❤️

Yeah that's good too!

It’s good it’s not dick hahahhahaha

妙兰 means beautiful orchid. The thing is names comparing girl to beautiful flower is an old trend in China. These names were very popular decades ago, but now Chinese parents usually avoid using them, it could sound like an old lady's name or someone came from a humble background. But since you are a foreigner, for the locals, you are already cool, they might think you are a down to earth person and you chose this very old school Chinese name on purpose.🤣🤣🤣

@@mortarion4555 what about my name? 趙杯恨 is it wierd?

@@johnnyzhao7698 It is kind of weird tbh. The character 恨 means hatred or regret, it's too negative to use in a real name. Maybe in a wuxia novel this could be a character's name, for example a mother want her son to avenge his father's death or something like that. Wuxia novels can be very dramatic and over the top, but irl... nah, no one named their son 'hatred'. You can use 恒 instead, which means eternity or perseverance.

@@mortarion4555 really? Sound true my life sometimes full of hatred, some sifu told my mom i should change my name too.

@@mortarion4555 does 趙Chao surname sound like looking or go? Can i change my name to Chao Chai Sen 😍

mal jjj44 Hmm I'd say it has good meanings, it means jasper and there's also a Chinese idiom called 小家碧玉, which (in ancient times) refers to girls who are not from prominent families but still turn out good. Shy and kind might be people's impression for that name. But it also sounds like a rather old-fashioned name, like modern parents probably won't get their kids that name anymore. Up to you though, see if that fits you. Hope this helps. 😊

@@ChinesewithJessie thank you,i might change it

@@ChinesewithJessie can we change our name as we like? Like our surname or middle name? Will it invite ancestor wrath? Bad luck or the fengshui maybe? My parents give me name 趙杯恨 but i don't know what is mean. Or it has meaning? It just a name right?

@@johnnyzhao7698 Yes you can change your name as you like, we're supposed to take one of our parents' surname, but you can change your surname too if you have proper reason. Are your parents Chinese? 杯means "cup", 恨means "hate/hatred", I have never seen anyone put "hatred" in their names but maybe your parents have good reasons? Maybe ask them if you can?

@@ChinesewithJessie yeah i wondering that too, she said the word 恨 to strong and quick or agile. I just know that word means hatred. What the heck

That's cool! Did you get the name because of the well-known Chinese writer?

不会啊，"杜"在中国百家姓排名第47位，算是一个比较常见的姓。“优奇”也不错，我不会觉得是个老外的名字。我个人觉得挺好的。听起来像老外的名字的一般是音译的，比如“大卫”“威廉”这种。

It's pretty cool! "Flying universe".

@@ChinesewithJessie thank you

Mhmd Bassiony 听起来会觉得是老外的中文名，不像中国人自己的名字哈哈，不过也很好听的呢！

Haha that's cute!

Learn Chinese with Jessie 是的.每个人都笑.我习惯了. 😉

取这名字的人也是脑洞大哈哈哈

the name sounds quite clever and pure which 蔡 is a common surname, 玉 means jade and 灵 means soul/spirit,, more like a girl's name in my opinion. i think this word combination is not common now and sounds a bit like someone from the wuxia novels in ancient times but quite cool

@@yuenlinwong2556 yes I’m a girl! Ahhh I see… I really like it so I’ll stick with it :) thank you

@@oredspider_lilyo haha that’s great! Keep it😆

@@yuenlinwong2556 yep!!!

Glad you like it!

I'm lookin' forward to the next video ...加油!!

I think 阿兹 is better than 艾字. Because 艾字 sounds like a name of a disease in Mandarin.

Frank Tulloch 你好，我一直觉得复姓都很酷！欧阳是个很好的姓，你的名字也很好听！不过我个人觉得可以把最后一个”客”字去掉，因为一般我们的中文名字是2-4个字的。但这只是我的看法，你保留也是可以的哦！

@@ChinesewithJessie 您好。感谢您的快速回复。你太客气！ 。 。 。但我是中国“客”人对不对？哈哈哈哈！... 我只是开玩笑。 这已经向我解释了。 我完全明白 我的借口是我非常喜欢这种语言的外国人。/>.