HELP TO GET A NAME
my friend want to have a great English name,anybody can help him?His Chinese name is ninghongchang(宁宏昌)，the first name is Ning,hongchang is the last name.Aha,I don't think is easy to get a right english name to match up his chinese name.If a person named 李利，I can easily call him Lily for a right English name.But my friend,how to do?maybe you have some good ideas,help me give him a popularly name.thanks!haha,Norman is right.Ning is his last/family name while HongChang is his first/given name.I feel so sorry about it. :）however,thanks all of you!

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HELP TO GET A NAME
my friend want to have a great English name,anybody can help him?His Chinese name is ninghongchang(宁宏昌)，the first name is Ning,hongchang is the last name.Aha,I don't think is easy to get a right english name to match up his chinese name.If a person named 李利，I can easily call him Lily for a right English name.But my friend,how to do?maybe you have some good ideas,help me give him a popularly name.thanks!haha,Norman is right.Ning is his last/family name while HongChang is his first/given name.I feel so sorry about it. :）however,thanks all of you!

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"the first name is Ning,hongchang is the last name"???

Are you sure? Sounds like Ning is his last/family name while HongChang is his first/given name.

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Lily is a lovely name for a girl. It is a beautiful flower. If you friend is a boy, and he wants to use an English name that starts the same way, I would suggest "Nick" or "Nathan" or "Nate" (which is short for Nathan). These are very solid names that have been around a long time.

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You're right, Ning is more difficult than 李利. How about Neil? Nick is good, too. It's short for Nicholas.

If your friend doesn't like any of these names, well, there's no rule that says his English name absolutely has to sound like his Chinese name. ;)

Finally, I know it's not as fun, but if he just decided to go by "Ning", he's lucky because it's short and simple enough that most English speakers shouldn't have any trouble with it.

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If you would like a name that may be easier for him to pronounce, perhaps Andy which is short for Andrew would be a good choice because it is similar to your name but for a male, also Ron which is short for Ronald or Ronny would work out for him, good luck, hope this helps.

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