I wonder if someone can help me with picking a name for a character.
It's a girl, and it needs to start with Q.
Because of that, I decided that the easy way out was to make her of Asian lineage, perhaps Chinese with a transliterated name. But I have no idea what such a name would be, and would prefer something with a bit of authenticity.
That said, I'm not committed to her being Asian. Other suggestions are equally welcome.
Now, this thread could (and likely will), turn into a laundry list of replies, so instead, might I suggest replies be via PM. That way we don't clutter the forum. I'll report back. Promise.
Thanks very much in advance.
Well, it's not that I didn't want replies, I just was trying to make a suggestion to keep the forum tidy.
I had considered doing an Internet search, but thought I might do better in asking for transliterated Chinese names more specifically than with Google. But that is ordinarily a good way to go.
Ordinarily, yes. I think your best bet may be to ask a Chinese person, if you're still set on a Chinese name. I like Qiao, it means pretty and is pronounced: Ch as in Chin, I as in It and and ow as in cOW. In chinese a lot of words that begin with the letters Qi are pronounced with a Ch sound and ao is pronounced with an OW or AW sound. Hope this helped.
I actually seriously considered Quinn as a kid's name, for a boy...
I had a girl though, so never used it in the end...
If I had been a girl, my mother was going to name me Priscilla. Thank the lucky stars THAT didn't happen! Can you imagine going through life being called "Prissy"?
"There's only three tempos: slow, medium and fast. When you get between in the cracks, ain't nuthin' happenin'." Ben Webster
Try this, it's easy and works well for American-style names:
Rats!!! Somehow the post above got wiped of the link
try: random-name-generator/info
