The meaning of a Chinese name Some Chinese family will name their child following the tradition that the children in the same generation will be named the some word in the second character of the whole name. There are 3 characters in a name. The first one is "family name", the second one is the same for one generation, so only is the last character different. But my family didn't do that. According to a fortune teller, my mom named my name related the word “Jade” due to jade wanted in my destiny. So my Chinese name is Hong Ling Ling, and you can find the word “玉Jade” in the second and the third characters. My name is very interesting because of the same rhyme “ng” with three characters, which I always introduce my name by this saying. How about your English name? Does it has special meaning? Could you share the secret with me?