Analyzing Chinese Names: Syllables & Tones
It’s been a while since my last post about Chinese names. In one previous post, I wrote that I wanted to explore tones and syllable structure in Chinese names. And now here we are. I ended up shifting my focus a bit throughout the process, but I’m still excited to be sharing my results.
These questions/ideas guided this post:
Sometimes you don’t know how a name is written because you’ve only heard it or seen a transliteration. Setting aside the written language (Chinese characters), what syllables/sounds are most common?
I have read about naming conventions regarding tones. For example, using a mix of tones (instead of reusing the same tone) gives names a dynamic flow. So how are tones distributed in names?
Buckle up, everyone. This is gonna be a long one.
About the Data
I started with the data from my previous in-depth post about Chinese names. Like before, most names are from contestants on idol shows or members of idol groups. I added more names in this category and also some names of athletes (since for athletes it is also relatively easy to discern gender). In total, there were 4361 names (2340 female, 2021 male). Most names belong to individuals from Mainland China, but there are also names belonging to people from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. See my past post for more details.
I had to do a lot of work to process the name data for this analysis. I will add some details towards the end of this post for those who are interested. I just want to note here that:
I did some work to account for tone sandhi for yi 一. As a result, you may see this character labeled as 1st, 2nd, or 4th tone.
I also applied tone change rules when there were multiple 3rd tones in a row (but not for surnames as it shouldn’t change there).
I had to correct for duoyinzi 多音字. Most of the time, it’s pretty clear which pronunciation is used, but there are some ambiguous cases.
I use standard Mainland pronunciation, not Taiwanese pronunciation. Characters like 薇 are pronounced differently in these locations.
I’m an imperfect human and probably didn’t catch everything. So keep that in mind.
Given Names (Overall)
First we will examine the overall results for all syllables across all given names to get a nice overview. Then we will dive into single-character given names vs. two-character given names.
Top Given Name Syllables (w/ Tones)
Pictured: Some of the most frequent characters for the top 11 syllables.
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yǔ / 263
宇 雨 羽 语 予 禹 瑀
Xīn / 229
欣 鑫 馨 心 昕 新 歆 芯 薪
Jiā / 216
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Yì / 201
��� 艺 奕 逸 亦 毅 懿 翊 义 易 翼 忆 意 译 轶 熠 羿 亿 薏
Zǐ / 139
子 梓 紫
Qí / 134
琪 琦 奇 祺 麒 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎
Wén / 116
文 雯 闻 纹
Jié / 112
杰 洁 婕 捷 颉 倢
Yù / 102
玉 钰 煜 昱 郁 裕 喻 谕 毓 育 誉
Jùn / 99
俊 峻 珺 骏 浚 竣
Yáng / 99
洋 阳 扬 杨 炀 旸
Top Given Name Syllables (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yu / 419
宇 雨 玉 羽 钰 语 瑜 予 妤 煜 禹 昱 郁 �� 渝 裕 于 喻 瑀 谕 余 娱 愚 毓 育 誉
Yi / 356
一 怡 艺 奕 仪 依 逸 亦 伊 毅 宜 懿 翊 义 祎 易 翼 苡 忆 意 译 轶 颐 乙 以 熠 羿 亿 倚 薏
Xin / 232
欣 鑫 馨 心 昕 新 歆 芯 薪 信
Jia / 217
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Jun / 165
俊 君 峻 钧 军 珺 均 骏 浚 竣
Zi / 157
子 梓 紫 姿 兹
Qi / 151
琪 琦 奇 祺 绮 麒 启 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎
Hao / 141
豪 浩 昊 皓 灏 淏 濠
Wei / 139
伟 玮 威 维 薇 蔚 微 炜 唯 纬 葳 为 崴 巍 𬀩 苇 韦
Xiao / 136
晓 小 笑 筱 孝 潇 篠 箫 肖
Given Name Syllable Tones
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 2729
1st / 1993
4th / 1885
3rd / 1167
Single-Character Given Names (单名)
There were 948 single-character names in total. That comes out to about 22% of all 4361 names.
Top Single-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Xīn / 41
鑫 欣 昕 馨 新 心 锌
Yáng / 29
洋 扬 杨 阳 旸 炀
Yǔ / 20
宇 雨 禹 羽 瑀 语
Lì / 18
丽 立 莉 俐 栎 栗
Yì / 18
艺 奕 逸 忆 易 毅 燚 羿
Yuè / 18
悦 玥 越 月 粤 跃
Jié / 17
洁 杰 倢 婕 捷 颉
Hào / 16
浩 昊 淏 灏
Jìng / 14
静 婧 靓* 竞 靖
Qiàn / 14
倩 茜**
*Can be pronounced jìng or liàng. I went with jìng.
**Can be pronounced qiàn or xī. I went with qiàn.
Top Single-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Xin / 41
鑫 欣 昕 馨 新 心 锌
Yu / 31
宇 雨 钰 煜 玉 瑜 禹 羽 昱 渝 瑀 语
Yang / 29
洋 扬 杨 阳 旸 炀
Yi / 23
艺 奕 怡 逸 一 忆 易 毅 燚 祎 羿
Wei / 22
伟 威 炜 维 蔚 薇 𬀩 玮
Hao / 19
浩 昊 豪 淏 灏
Jing / 19
静 晶 婧 靓* 璟 竞 菁 靖
Li / 19
丽 立 莉 俐 李 栎 栗
Ying / 19
颖 莹 影 滢 赢 瀛 盈
Yue / 18
悦 玥 越 月 粤 跃
*Can be pronounced jìng or liàng. I went with jìng.
Single-Character Name Tones
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 308
4th / 264
1st / 253
3rd / 123
Full Name Tone Patterns for Single-Character Given Names
Look at the darker “stripes” for the 2nd tone. The 3rd tone’s low popularity also stood out to me.
List format:
Tone of surname, tone of given name / count
2nd, 2nd / 140
2nd, 1st / 127
2nd, 4th / 123
1st, 2nd / 80
1st, 4th / 73
1st, 1st / 68
2nd, 3rd / 52
4th, 2nd / 45
3rd, 2nd / 43
1st, 3rd / 39
3rd, 4th / 37
4th, 4th / 31
3rd, 1st / 29
4th, 1st / 29
4th, 3rd / 17
3rd, 3rd / 15
Two-Character Given Names (双名)
Now for two-character given names. There were 3413 total (about 78%). First I will look at these given names as a whole. Then I will separately examine the 1st syllable and 2nd syllable positions.
I was very interested to see the most common name going by sound and not characters. Living in the US, I often see transliterated Chinese names with no characters in sight. This effectively “merges” names that are distinct in Chinese. All I can do is guess what the characters (and thus tones) are.
Top Two-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
Pictured: Character combinations that occurred more than once for the top 12 two-character given names.
List format:
Given name / count
All corresponding character combinations
Jiāxīn / 17
嘉欣 佳欣 佳薪 佳鑫 嘉新 嘉歆 嘉馨
Jiāyí / 12
佳怡 嘉怡 佳仪 嘉仪 家仪 家怡
Xīnyǔ / 10
心雨 新宇 心语 欣宇 欣雨 鑫宇 馨予
Xīnyuè / 10
馨月 心玥 昕玥 欣悦 歆玥 馨悦 馨玥
Hàorán / 9
浩然 皓然
Jùnjié / 9
俊杰 俊洁
Chénxī / 8
晨曦 晨熙 晨晞 晨晰 晨溪
Jiāqí / 8
佳琦 家齐 佳琪 嘉琪 嘉祺 嘉齐
Shānshān / 8
珊珊 杉杉 姗姗
Xīnyí / 8
心怡 欣怡 心仪 鑫怡
Yìwén / 8
一文 奕雯 艺文 译文 逸文
Yǔqíng / 8
雨晴 语晴 宇晴 雨情
Top Two-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Given name / count
All corresponding character combinations
Jiaxin / 17
嘉欣 佳欣 佳薪 佳鑫 嘉新 嘉歆 嘉馨
Jiayi / 16
佳怡 嘉怡 佳仪 佳依 加一 嘉仪 嘉艺 嘉谊 家仪 家怡 家毅
Xinyu / 15
心雨 欣妤 新宇 心妤 心玉 心语 欣宇 欣雨 鑫宇 馨予
Junjie / 12
俊杰 军杰 俊洁 钧杰
Xiaoyu / 12
小雨 晓玉 晓钰 小钰 晓宇 晓瑜 晓雨 笑语
Yifan / 12
一凡 艺凡 一帆 一幡 一璠 依凡 屹繁 怡凡 薏帆
Xinyi / 10
心怡 欣怡 心仪 欣佚 鑫一 鑫怡
Xinyue / 10
馨月 心玥 昕玥 欣悦 歆玥 馨悦 馨玥
Yuqing / 10
雨晴 语晴 宇庆 宇晴 钰清 雨情
Two-Character Given Name Tones
The grey square is due to the 3rd tone tone change rule.
List format:
Tone of given name 1st syllable, tone of given name 2nd syllable / count
4th, 2nd / 560
1st, 2nd / 421
3rd, 2nd / 373
2nd, 2nd / 304
4th, 1st / 282
3rd, 1st / 191
1st, 1st / 183
2nd, 1st / 177
1st, 4th / 169
2nd, 4th / 152
1st, 3rd / 134
2nd, 3rd / 130
4th, 4th / 121
3rd, 4th / 120
4th, 3rd / 96
Full Name Tone Patterns for Two-Character Given Names
Pictured: The top 10 full name tone patterns for two-character given names.
I found these results very interesting. As I mentioned earlier, I’ve read about how using certain sequences of tones creates a pleasant-sounding flow. I had some fun saying aloud names that fit these patterns and judging the dynamic ups-and-downs of how they flow.
List format:
Tone of surname, tone of given name 1st syllable, tone of given name 2nd syllable / count
2nd, 4th, 2nd / 273
2nd, 1st, 2nd / 179
2nd, 3rd, 2nd / 179
2nd, 4th, 1st / 138
1st, 4th, 2nd / 135
2nd, 2nd, 2nd / 129
1st, 3rd, 2nd / 98
2nd, 3rd, 1st / 95
2nd, 1st, 4th / 92
1st, 1st, 2nd / 89
These are only the top 10 patterns. See the bottom of the post for the full list.
Two-Character Given Names: First Syllable
Top First Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Jiā / 171
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Yì / 138
一 艺 奕 逸 亦 翊 易 义 懿 翼 译 亿 忆 毅 羿 薏 轶
Zǐ / 123
子 梓 紫
Yǔ / 115
雨 宇 语 羽 禹 予
Xīn / 95
欣 心 馨 鑫 新 昕 歆 薪 芯
Xiǎo / 79
晓 小 筱
Jùn / 69
俊 峻 珺 竣 骏
Sī / 63
思 斯
Yù / 53
玉 钰 煜 昱 郁 裕 喻 毓 育 誉
Mèng / 49
梦 孟
Top First Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yi / 201
一 艺 奕 怡 依 逸 亦 翊 伊 宜 易 苡 义 乙 以 懿 翼 译 亿 忆 毅 祎 羿 薏 轶
Yu / 188
雨 宇 语 玉 钰 羽 禹 煜 俞 昱 郁 于 渝 裕 予 喻 毓 瑜 育 誉
Jia / 171
佳 嘉 家 加 珈
Zi / 133
子 梓 紫 姿
Xiao / 118
晓 小 笑 孝 潇 筱
Xin / 98
欣 心 馨 鑫 新 昕 歆 信 薪 芯
Jun / 84
俊 峻 君 钧 军 珺 竣 骏
Jing / 67
静 婧 景 敬 靖 晶 京 竞
Zhi / 61
智 志 芷 之 治 知 祉
Si / 60
思 斯
First Syllable Tones for Two-Character Given Names
List format:
Tone / count
4th / 1059
1st / 907
2nd / 763
3rd / 684
Two-Character Given Names: Second Syllable
Top Second Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yǔ / 128
宇 雨 羽 予 语 瑀 禹
Qí / 100
琪 琦 祺 奇 淇 齐 棋 麒 岐
Xīn / 93
欣 鑫 馨 昕 心 新 歆 芯
Jié / 83
杰 洁 婕 捷
Wén / 68
文 雯
Yí / 63
怡 仪 宜 颐
Lín / 61
霖 琳 林 麟 淋
Tíng / 61
婷 廷 庭
Yuán / 59
源 元 媛 圆 园 缘 原
Yáng / 58
阳 洋 扬 杨 炀
Top Second Syllables for Two-Character Given Names (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
Corresponding characters that occurred more than once
Yu / 200
宇 雨 玉 羽 瑜 妤 予 钰 语 昱 煜 谕 郁 余 瑀 禹
Yi / 132
怡 仪 一 毅 依 艺 逸 亦 伊 宜 懿 颐 义 奕 意 祎 熠 翼 轶
Qi / 105
琪 琦 祺 奇 淇 绮 齐 棋 麒 岐
Xin / 93
欣 鑫 馨 昕 心 新 歆 芯
Jie / 83
杰 洁 婕 捷
Wei / 75
伟 玮 薇 维 威 微 炜 蔚 葳 崴 纬
Hao / 74
豪 昊 浩 皓 濠
Jun / 72
君 俊 钧 峻 军 均 珺 骏
Wen / 68
文 雯
Yuan / 68
源 元 媛 圆 远 园 渊 缘 原
Second Syllable Tones for Two-Character Given Names
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 1658
1st / 833
4th / 562
3rd / 360
Surnames
Because the majority of the population shares a relatively small number of surnames, I decided to only look at tones.
Surname Tones
List format:
Tone / count
2nd / 2047
1st / 1072
3rd / 640
4th / 602
Just take a look at the top 20 surnames in China. Clearly, the 2nd tone is dominating. There’s only one 4th tone surname!
Data Processing
I segmented the names so each character was alone. I just did this in Google Sheets, because that’s where I store the names I’ve gathered. Then I exported the data in CSV format.
I discarded names longer than 3 characters—because these are less common, I decided not to address them to make things easier for myself.
I used the pinyin library for Python to obtain pinyin for each character. I used the numerical format (ie. “ni3”) so that I could easily obtain the syllable w/o tone, the syllable w/ tone, and the tone. I also utilized pandas and numpy. This was done in Google Colabs. I made the unfortunate mistake of not commenting my code, and I wrote it a while ago, so I now I have no idea what is going on (whoops).
Next I dumped this data into a tibble in R for the real analysis.
For as many 多音字 as I could identify, I had to check and potentially fix the pinyin transcription. For example, I had to make sure that 曾 was going to zeng1, not ceng2. Honestly, I’m sure I missed something, but this was so, so tedious. This is also the step where I accounted for the 3rd tone tone change and yi 一 tone change rules.
I used a Python script to convert the toneless pinyin to my own syllable notation system. This was tricky to figure out, but fortunately I was able to use some code I already had from a project I was involved in during college.
I added the syllable info to my giant tibble in R. Because everything was separated into surname, given name 1st character, and given name 2nd character, I also had to create some new columns to combine information to get information for whole given names and full names.
Then it was basically a lot of pipes. Here’s an example:
names %>%
filter(nchar(names$name) > 2) %>%
group_by(given_struc) %>%
summarise(count = n()) %>%
arrange(desc(count)) %>%
view()
Bonus Lists
There were some other things I was curious about but felt didn’t have a place in the main body of this post.
I wanted to see which syllables were represented by the most unique characters in my dataset. If the number of unique characters is high, that’s a sign that I would probably have trouble guessing which character someone’s name contains.
I was also curious about open vs. closed syllables and closed syllables ending in /n/ vs. /ŋ/. For instance, take a pair of names like Yixin and Xinyi or Xinling and Lingxin. These names consist of the same syllables in a different order. I wanted to know which order is more common.
Syllables with the Most Unique Characters (w/ Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Yì / 27
一 艺 奕 逸 亦 毅 懿 翊 义 易 翼 忆 意 译 轶 熠 羿 亿 薏 佚 佾 埸 屹 异 弋 怿 燚 翌
Qí / 15
琪 琦 奇 祺 麒 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎 圻 祁 祈 骐
Yú / 14
瑜 妤 俞 渝 于 余 娱 愚 宇*** 愉 榆 舆 雨*** 鱼
Yù / 14
玉 钰 煜 昱 郁 裕 喻 谕 毓 育 誉 寓 浴 芋
Xīn / 12
欣 鑫 馨 心 昕 新 歆 芯 薪 妡 忻 锌
Yuán / 12
源 媛 元 园 圆 缘 原 嫄 沅 湲 芫 袁
Líng / 11
玲 灵 凌 翎 绫 伶 羚 铃 龄 苓 陵
Xī / 11
希 熙 曦 溪 晞 惜 熹 兮 浠 晰 西
Hóng / 9
宏 红 弘 鸿 泓 虹 洪 闳 汯
Lì / 9
丽 莉 立 力 俐 利 俪 栎 栗
Zhēn / 9
珍 真 臻 蓁 祯 桢 榛 甄 贞
***3rd tone character that is pronounced as 2nd tone due to appearing before another 3rd tone character.
Syllables with the Most Unique Characters (w/o Tones)
List format:
Syllable / count
All corresponding characters
Yi / 45
一 怡 艺 奕 仪 依 逸 亦 伊 毅 宜 懿 翊 义 祎 易 翼 苡 忆 意 译 轶 颐 乙 以 熠 羿 亿 倚 薏 佚 佾 埸 壹 夷 屹 异 弋 怿 沂 洢 燚 翌 谊 铱
Yu / 33
宇 雨 玉 羽 钰 语 瑜 予 妤 煜 禹 昱 郁 俞 渝 裕 于 喻 瑀 谕 余 娱 愚 毓 育 誉 寓 愉 榆 浴 舆 芋 鱼
Qi / 20
琪 琦 奇 祺 绮 麒 启 淇 齐 棋 其 岐 崎 圻 期 柒 栖 祁 祈 骐
Wei / 20
伟 玮 威 维 薇 蔚 微 炜 唯 纬 葳 为 崴 巍 𬀩 苇 韦 卫 惟 未
Yan / 19
妍 言 燕 彦 艳 岩 延 谚 嫣 琰 雁 晏 研 颜 砚 衍 严 炎 焱
Yuan / 16
源 媛 元 远 园 圆 渊 缘 原 嫄 愿 沅 湲 芫 苑 袁
Xi / 16
希 熙 曦 汐 溪 晞 玺 喜 惜 熹 兮 浠 习 晰 禧 西
Xiao / 15
小 笑 筱 孝 潇 篠 箫 肖 宵 效 枭 校 萧 霄
Yun / 15
云 芸 韵 昀 赟 允 匀 沄 筠 韫 妘 澐 蕰 蕴 运
Zhen / 15
振 珍 真 臻 蓁 祯 震 镇 朕 桢 榛 甄 贞 轸 圳
Two-Character Given Name Syllable Structures
This is the top 10 out of 14 (the bottom 4 were very rare).
List format:
Structure of given name 1st syllable, structure of given name 2nd syllable — example / count
Open, open — ex: Jiayi / 821
Open, closed-n — ex: Yijin / 701
Open, closed-ng — ex: Yijing / 468
Closed-n, open — ex: Jinyi / 450
Closed-ng, open — ex: Jingyi / 308
Closed-n, closed-n — ex: Jinyan / 206
Closed-ng, closed-n — ex: Jingyan / 157
Closed-n, closed-ng — ex: Jinyang / 141
Closed-ng, closed-ng — ex: Jingyang / 139
Open, closed-er — ex: Xue'er / 14
Full Name Syllable Structures for Two-Character Given Names
This is the top 29 out of 36 (the bottom 7 were very rare).
List format:
Structure of surname syllable, structure of given name 1st syllable, structure of given name 2nd syllable — example / count
Open, open, open— ex: Li Jiayi / 370
Open, open, closed-n— ex: Li Yijin / 336
Closed-ng, open, open— ex: Wang Jiayi / 273
Open, open, closed-ng— ex: Li Yijing / 228
Open, closed-n, open— ex: Li Jinyi / 225
Closed-ng, open, closed-n— ex: Wang Yijin / 223
Closed-n, open, open— ex: Chen Jiayi / 178
Closed-ng, closed-n, open— ex: Wang Jinyi / 165
Open, closed-ng, open— ex: Li Jingyi / 151
Closed-ng, open, closed-ng— ex: Wang Yijing / 146
Closed-n, open, closed-n— ex: Chen Yijin / 142
Open, closed-n, closed-n— ex: Li Jinyan / 104
Closed-ng, closed-ng, open— ex: Wang Jingyi / 97
Closed-n, open, closed-ng— ex: Chen Yijing / 94
Open, closed-ng, closed-n— ex: Li Jingyan / 86
Open, closed-ng, closed-ng— ex: Li Jingyang / 75
Open, closed-n, closed-ng— ex: Li Jinyang / 66
Closed-ng, closed-n, closed-n— ex: Wang Jinyan / 62
Closed-n, closed-n, open— ex: Chen Jinyi / 60
Closed-n, closed-ng, open— ex: Chen Jingyi / 60
Closed-ng, closed-n, closed-ng— ex: Wang Jinyang / 45
Closed-ng, closed-ng, closed-ng— ex: Wang Jingyang / 45
Closed-ng, closed-ng, closed-n— ex: Wang Jingyan / 43
Closed-n, closed-n, closed-n— ex: Chen Jinyan / 40
Closed-n, closed-n, closed-ng— ex: Chen Jinyang / 30
Closed-n, closed-ng, closed-n— ex: Chen Jingyan / 28
Closed-n, closed-ng, closed-ng— ex: Chen Jingyang / 19
Open, open, closed-er— ex: Li Xue'er / 8
Closed-ng, open, closed-er— ex: Wang Xue'er / 4
Extended List(s)
Full Name Tone Patterns for Two-Character Given Names
2nd, 4th, 2nd / 273
2nd, 1st, 2nd / 179
2nd, 3rd, 2nd / 179
2nd, 4th, 1st / 138
1st, 4th, 2nd / 135
2nd, 2nd, 2nd / 129
1st, 3rd, 2nd / 98
2nd, 3rd, 1st / 95
2nd, 1st, 4th / 92
1st, 1st, 2nd / 89
2nd, 1st, 1st / 88
2nd, 2nd, 1st / 84
3rd, 1st, 2nd / 83
3rd, 4th, 2nd / 81
1st, 2nd, 2nd / 73
4th, 4th, 2nd / 71
4th, 1st, 2nd / 70
1st, 4th, 1st / 69
2nd, 3rd, 4th / 68
2nd, 2nd, 3rd / 64
2nd, 1st, 3rd / 59
3rd, 2nd, 2nd / 59
2nd, 2nd, 4th / 56
4th, 3rd, 2nd / 56
2nd, 4th, 4th / 54
2nd, 4th, 3rd / 47
1st, 2nd, 4th / 43
4th, 2nd, 2nd / 43
1st, 1st, 3rd / 42
4th, 4th, 1st / 42
1st, 3rd, 1st / 41
3rd, 3rd, 2nd / 40
1st, 1st, 1st / 35
1st, 2nd, 1st / 35
1st, 2nd, 3rd / 35
1st, 1st, 4th / 34
4th, 1st, 1st / 34
3rd, 4th, 1st / 33
1st, 4th, 4th / 31
3rd, 2nd, 1st / 30
1st, 3rd, 4th / 29
4th, 2nd, 1st / 28
4th, 3rd, 1st / 28
3rd, 2nd, 4th / 27
3rd, 3rd, 1st / 27
3rd, 1st, 1st / 26
4th, 2nd, 4th / 26
1st, 4th, 3rd / 23
3rd, 1st, 4th / 23
3rd, 2nd, 3rd / 21
3rd, 4th, 4th / 20
4th, 1st, 4th / 20
4th, 1st, 3rd / 19
3rd, 4th, 3rd / 18
4th, 4th, 4th / 16
3rd, 1st, 3rd / 14
3rd, 3rd, 4th / 14
4th, 2nd, 3rd / 10
4th, 3rd, 4th / 9
4th, 4th, 3rd / 8
If you made it to the end, I am seriously impressed by your dedication. Thanks for checking out my nerdy ramblings about Chinese names! Don’t forget to check out my past posts on this topic for more. I hope they will help demystify Chinese names and make learning about Chinese names less intimidating.
A Closer Look at Chinese Names
Reading Chinese Names: Female Names
Reading Chinese Names: Male Names
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Family Tree: XiangLong ZhiGong Long Edition
(as this is closely tied with @twstrhythm I will be borrowing their OCs to be featured here too.)
Ongoing additions.
((Key:
- Italics on name = direct descendant
- + = married
- † = deceased))
First generation (Pioneers):
Yang ZhiHao(杨智豪) + Fan YaZhu(范雅筑)†
Huang ZhenRong(黄振荣)+ Lu Pei-En(陆佩恩)
Second generation
Yang (From ZhiHao and YaZhu)
-> Yang YiJun(杨怡君)† + Sun XiuYing(孙秀英)†
Huang (from ZhenRong and Pei-En)
-> Huang HongYan(黄鸿延)† + Zeng Qiaoxuan(曾巧旋)†
-> Huang JinLing(黄金铃) + Ruan JianFeng(阮健峰)
Third generation
Yang (from YiJun and XiuYing)
-> Yang JunJie(杨俊杰)
-> Yang ChongHua(杨重华) + Kuang ZiYuan(邝紫苑)
-> Yang Haoran(杨浩然) + Zhu Xiulan(朱秀兰)
-> Yang Yinuo(杨依诺) + Tian JiaHao(田家豪)
Huang (from HongYan and QiaoXuan)
-> Huang ZhenQian(黄震前) + Peng YaoYing(彭瑶莹)
-> Zhang ZiYu (章子瑜) + Huang ChenYuan (黄尘渊) + Ren Caiji(任彩霁)
-> Huang Tianzhu (黄天竺)+ Zhuo Lei'er (卓蕾儿)+ Lü FenFang(吕芬芳)
Ruan (from JinLing (not MDZS Jin Ling) + JianFeng)
-> Ruan Yichen (阮奕辰)
Zhang (because ZiYu's sibling)/Tian (because JiaHao's sibling)
-> Zhang CuiRu (章翠茹) + Tian JianHong(田健宏)
This is where the confusion starts even more. A mutual relationship between these three.
-> Yang Junjie (杨俊杰) + Li FengYing(李凤英)†+ Ruan Yichen (阮奕辰)
Fourth generation
Yang surnames
Junjie + Fengying†
-> Yang Xue Long (杨雪龙)
Chonghua + Ziyuan
-> Yang YunLong(杨云龙), Yang ZiQin(杨梓琴, Yang Xiaoyu(杨小雨), Yang Xinghua(杨兴华), Yang Zhuxia(杨竹霞), Yang ZhuYun(杨竹云)
HaoRan + Xiulan
-> Yang Haoyu(杨浩宇)
Ruan surnames
Yichen + FengYing†
-> Ruan Kunming (阮坤明), Ruan Hongmei (阮红梅)
Huang surnames
ZhenQian + YaoYing
-> Huang DanChen(黄丹宸), Huang YanYin (黄晏茵), Huang SiHan (黄思晗), Huang ShengDong(黄晟栋)
ChenYuan + ZiYu
-> Huang LiMing (黄黎明), Huang Chenxi(黄晨曦), Huang Xunmu(黄曛暮)
ChenYuan + Caiji
-> Huang Zhixiang(黄志祥), Huang Jingyi(黄靖毅)
Tian surnames
Yinuo + JiaHao
-> Tian YaTing(田雅婷), Tian Xinyi (田欣怡)
CuiRu + JianHong
-> Tian Yinliu (田银柳)
Misc. Surnames
Tianzhu + Lei'er + FenFang
-> Lü HeZhi (吕贺枝)
Other Associated Clans
-> Li Family - WIP
-> Other clans - TBA
Disclaimer:
Yang ZhiHao, Fan Yazhu, Yang YiJun, Sun XiuYing, Huang JinLing, Ruan JianFeng, Yang JunJie, Li FengYing, Ruan Yichen, Yang ChongHua, Kuang ZiYuan, Yang Haoran, Zhu Xiulan, Yang Yinuo, Tian JiaHao, Lü FenFang, Yang Xue Long, Ruan Kunming, Ruan Hongmei, Yang YunLong, Yang ZiQin, Yang Xiaoyu, Yang Xinghua, Yang ZhuXia, Yang ZhuYun, Yang Haoyu, Tian YaTing, Tian XinYi, Lü HeZhi all belong to @twstrhythm
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