Finally, a name!

[cureless]

My mother has finally, after thinking about it for the majority of the year, come up with a Chinese name for Rowan. Here it is:

李 文軒
Hooray! Now I have to get used to calling him by his Chinese name.

So, what kind of nickname? I think Xuan-xuan sounds weird, but that may be the only thing...

Comments

[terraprime]

That's a very 秀氣 name. I like it.

I think xuan-xuan is pretty standard. Another common one is to go by the zodiac, so 小牛 perhaps (though, you'd have to suffer the implication of being a cow... :p )?

Also, is Schneeble's last name Lee? Or is that your Chinese last name?

[loopychew]

Let's see...My Chinese name is 沛中 and my parents always referred to me as 小沛 (the naming convention my parents had was that all three of us had names ending in 中 to reflect our Chinese heritage). Maybe 小文/小軒 would work? Assuming future children, are you planning on giving them a specific...uh, thematic naming?

[cureless]

Mom's all up on the thematic thing. She has names for both brothers AND sisters.

[cureless]

My name is Li. I kept it when I married him. Too lazy to change my signature.

[cirynne]

:) What does it sound like in English? My Chinese is near nothing, well I think it is nothing. Only know a few Japanese words from jiu-jiutsu and that doesn't help when it is Chinese...

Li Wenxuan, li3 wen2 xuan1, / li˩˦uən˧˥ɕyɛn˥˥ /

[olifhar]

Here is information on each character. You should be able to listen to the pronunciation of each character by clicking on the

Re: Li Wenxuan, li3 wen2 xuan1, / li˩˦uən˧˥ɕyɛn˥˥ /

[cirynne]

What a great website. Thank you! Now I get it. *grins and hugs*

[pastles]

xuan xuan is cute :D wen-wen?

[lirazel]

I'd start out calling him "Rowan". If you want him to have a Chinese "home" name, then Li-Wen is closest to Rowan in terms of sound.