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Zehann

Hi everybody !

I did some research for my future chinese name (i intend to go live in China) and i found one i really like : 蓝寒秋 (Lan Hanqiu). I love Lan as surname, 'cause blue is my favorite color :)
Hanqiu means "cold autumn", i think it's beautiful but a chinese friend told me it was kind of sad. He proposed 蓝濯锦 (Lan Zhuojin), Zhuojin refers to a kind of silk from Chengdu, but the caracters are maybe too complicated for me.

What do you guys think ?

Charlesguo

Zehann, In Chinese transitional cultural, Surname is limited, 蓝,and is not in chinese surname list. I suggest you picked a close one, I suggest the name is 南涵秋。
Anyway,if you give me you full English name, I will give you  more proper suggestion.


Chinese surname list:
<百家姓>
赵钱孙李,周吴郑王。
冯陈褚卫,蒋沈韩杨。
朱秦尤许,何吕施张。
孔曹严华,金魏陶姜。
戚谢邹喻,柏水窦章。
云苏潘葛,奚范彭郎。
鲁韦昌马,苗凤花方。
俞任袁柳,酆鲍史唐。
费廉岑薛,雷贺倪汤。
滕殷罗毕,郝邬安常。
乐于时傅,皮卞齐康。
伍余元卜,顾孟平黄。
和穆萧尹,姚邵湛汪。
祁毛禹狄,米贝明臧。
计伏成戴,谈宋茅庞。
熊纪舒屈,项祝董梁。
杜阮蓝闵,席季麻强。
贾路娄危,江童颜郭。
梅盛林刁,钟徐邱骆。
高夏蔡田,樊胡凌霍。
虞万支柯,昝管卢莫。
经房裘缪,干解应宗。
丁宣贲邓,郁单杭洪。
包诸左石,崔吉钮龚。
程嵇邢滑,裴陆荣翁。
荀羊於惠,甄曲家封。
芮羿储靳,汲邴糜松。
井段富巫,乌焦巴弓。
牧隗山谷,车侯宓蓬。
全郗班仰,秋仲伊宫。
宁仇栾暴,甘钭厉戎。
祖武符刘,景詹束龙。
叶幸司韶,郜黎蓟薄。
印宿白怀,蒲邰从鄂。
索咸籍赖,卓蔺屠蒙。
池乔阴鬱,胥能苍双。
闻莘党翟,谭贡劳逄。
姬申扶堵,冉宰郦雍。
卻璩桑桂,濮牛寿通。
边扈燕冀,郏浦尚农。
温别庄晏,柴瞿阎充。
慕连茹习,宦艾鱼容。
向古易慎,戈廖庾终。
暨居衡步,都耿满弘。
匡国文寇,广禄阙东。
欧殳沃利,蔚越夔隆。
师巩厍聂,晁勾敖融。
冷訾辛阚,那简饶空。
曾毋沙乜,养鞠须丰。
巢关蒯相,查后荆红。
游竺权逯,盖益桓公。
万俟司马,上官欧阳。
夏侯诸葛,闻人东方。
赫连皇甫,尉迟公羊。
澹台公冶,宗政濮阳。
淳于单于,太叔申屠。
公孙仲孙,轩辕令狐。
钟离宇文,长孙慕容。
鲜于闾丘,司徒司空。
丌官司寇,仉督子车。
颛孙端木,巫马公西。
漆雕乐正,壤驷公良。
拓跋夹谷,宰父谷梁。
晋楚闫法,汝鄢涂钦。
段干百里,东郭南门。
呼延归海,羊舌微生。
岳帅缑亢,况郈有琴。
梁丘左丘,东门西门。
商牟佘佴,伯赏南宫。
墨哈谯笪,年爱阳佟。
第五言福,百家姓终。

Zehann

Hello Charlesguo, thank you for your answer, and very sorry for the slow reply ! I hope everything is fine for you and your relatives, with the covid-19.

Do you mean that surnames are limited for expats ? Would it be badly received to have 蓝 as a surname ? Because i really really like this one :/

If it is really not possible to have 蓝 as a surname, could it be at least in the nickname ? Like 金秋蓝 (which seems to be a male name, but that's for the example).

I am affraid to pick a name that chinese people would find strange, inadequate or too old. (The worst would be that they find it disrespectfull, and i absolutely don't want that either, of course).

Others informations :
My name is Alexandra (i'm a french woman of 21 years old)
My second choice for surname was 金 !

Charlesguo

Hi,Alex,
After a further survey, I found there are people sure-named as "蓝",and there are
0.1 percent in china. mostly they lived on Guangxi(450,000) , Guangdong(240,000), so it is ok surname as "蓝"。

There are optional as listed:
1,“ 蓝涵秋” girl with Poetry means.
2,“蓝安丽”   surname is Lan, “丽” is a symbol word for girl, "安丽" is the same pronunciation with "Ale(x)"

FunnyFan

Try“蓝精灵”,haha, easy to memorize.

Zehann

Hello Charlesguo
I really like both propositions, I will think about it !
Thank you for your advices and researches, it helped me a lot !


FunnyFan, thank you, but no ! :)

parkernuan
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