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fanglu -

Hi everyone,

I was writing out some names for friends from 世界人名翻译大辞典, but it has 利亚姆
for Liam, which seems a bit weird for a boys name. Opinions?

Luke

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muyongshi -

Reference 萨达姆 (Sadaam Hussein)

I assume your problem is the 女字旁

fanglu -

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Reference 萨达姆 (Sadaam Hussein)

Ahh. Point taken.

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I assume your problem is the 女字旁

Well, the 姆 anyway. I had a (male) friend who's name had 丹 in it and he was always getting
weird looks when he told people.

Lu -

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I had a (male) friend who's name had 丹 in it and he was always getting weird looks when he told
people.

I had a female classmate named 丹, but on the other hand there's 王丹. Don't know if he ever
got weird looks.

That 姆 is in other boys' names as well, like 湯姆 for Tom, seems it's more foreign than it is
female. Anyway I don't suppose your friend would mind too much if he doesn't know Chinese. If it's
just for private use (and not for in the newspaper or for on a businesscard or anything), you
could just go ahead and make your own transliteration with a less feminine mu, like 木 or 穆.

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