What English Name Suits a Chinese Physics Enthusiast Gazing Toward the Horizon?

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A Chinese physics enthusiast is seeking an English name that conveys a sense of exploration and ambition, particularly one that symbolizes a journey toward the horizon. After considering various suggestions, the individual has settled on the name "Reed," which resonates with their Chinese name meaning "new born reed." The discussion highlights cultural differences in naming conventions, noting that English names often lack the deeper meanings associated with names in Chinese culture. Participants provided insights on the significance of names in Western contexts, suggesting that names like Reed may be perceived as unique and fitting. The final decision is to adopt "Reed Lin" as the chosen name, reflecting both personal significance and cultural identity.
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I am a physics enthusiast, I am a Chinese. I now want an English name.
If the name can descripe a sense is better.the sense is A person toward the horizon.
thank you for all your recommend.
 
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Forgive my ignorance of Chinese names, tianbian, but are you male or female?
 
Have you considered Cliff?
 
Ocean
(shouldn't matter whether you are male/female)
 
Here's a useful name resource:
http://www.behindthename.com/

Offers gender/ethnic filters and searches on meanings or descriptions of names.
 
In China, you can use any words as you enjoy your name.
I do not know whether the English name also can be.
By the way, i am a man.
 
If I can be called the ocean, then I can be called the horizon?
have rules about the words that can be use?
no rules?
 
Really headache
 
whether the letters P H Y S I C S can fit together to be a name.
 
  • #10
Are you looking for a real name, or just something to use online?
 
  • #11
Kgarbageiz is a hindi name that means horizon, but I don't think you can pass that as an English name.
 
  • #12
Ivan Seeking said:
Kgarbageiz is a hindi name that means horizon, but I don't think you can pass that as an English name.
Oh, that might get caught in obscenity filters. :eek:
 
  • #13
Jimmy is a nice name.
 
  • #14
Everyone knows that Rupert is the coolest name.
 
  • #15
Evo said:
Oh, that might get caught in obscenity filters. :eek:
Certainly in the BAUT (poop) filter.
 
  • #16
If your dog gets dirty, you can't even wash it. Well, you can, but you have to take elaborate round-about ways to describe what you did to avoid getting "poop" stuck in there.
 
  • #17
Go with Rutherford.
 
  • #18
Ivan Seeking said:
Are you looking for a real name, or just something to use online?

yes i looking for a real name, because i will go to the osmania university that is a indian university (studing IT and studing physics by myself) (2009 june)

by the way in china my surname is Lin
 
  • #19
qntty said:
Go with Rutherford.

I can't name Rutherford. If i can choose Rutherford. i also can choose Einstern.
the folk will joke me
 
  • #20
Ivan Seeking said:
Kgarbageiz is a hindi name that means horizon, but I don't think you can pass that as an English name.

kgarbageiz is **** ?
 
  • #21
jimmysnyder said:
Jimmy is a nice name.

I like the name contains a sense. (lonely.Explore.thinking.or something else
 
  • #22
Thank you for your help.
I already get a name
It's Reed
do you think it is ok?
 
  • #23
Now I consider two names
the first one is reed
the second one is bulrush
i don't know which one is better.

why i consider reed or bulrush

it is because my chinese name "葭”
the meaning is "new born reed"
the word described a scene.
A few new-born reed near by the water.
and the background is cold winter with cold wind.
and in the morning the vapour become the frost.

the new born reed in china have another meaning.
it is indifferent to everybody.
in china the new born reed can symbolize a child have a big embition it's about to discover the unknow world. go to the horizon and leave people the back.
 
  • #24
reed is a nice name

unlike rutherford :rolleyes:
 
  • #25
Since your last name is short, I would recommend a longer first name.
What's the closest English pronunciation for your chinese name?
 
  • #26
I'd go for Reed, given he option between Reed and Bulrush.
 
  • #27
Welcome to PF!

Hi tianbian! Welcome to PF! :smile:
tianbian said:
I am a physics enthusiast, I am a Chinese. I now want an English name.
If the name can descripe a sense is better.the sense is A person toward the horizon.
thank you for all your recommend.
tianbian said:
why i consider reed or bulrush

it is because my chinese name "葭”
the meaning is "new born reed"
the word described a scene.
A few new-born reed near by the water.
and the background is cold winter with cold wind.
and in the morning the vapour become the frost.

the new born reed in china have another meaning.
it is indifferent to everybody.
in china the new born reed can symbolize a child have a big embition it's about to discover the unknow world. go to the horizon and leave people the back.
tianbian said:
yes i looking for a real name, because i will go to the osmania university that is a indian university (studing IT and studing physics by myself) (2009 june)

by the way in china my surname is Lin

i] a name like reed or bulrush does not have the same significance in the West as it has in China … we see them as uninteresting (however, you will be in southern India, where they may have a different view)
ii] nearly everyone at OU will have an Indian name, not an English one
iii] can you pronounce the letter "r" well? if not, avoid names like Reed or Robin
iv] English boys' names don't usually mean anything … there are many English girls' names which mean flowers, or virtues, such as Daisy or Grace, but very few boys' names like Victor … we choose a name because of other people who have that name, not because of its literal meaning
v] i suggest you choose a statesman or actor whom you admire, and take his name … Winston or Nelson or John or Tom or …

Good luck, anyway! :smile:
 
  • #28
tianbian said:
Thank you for your help.
I already get a name
It's Reed
do you think it is ok?

I think Reed could work.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Reed
It would probably fit in better than Bulrush.

Also, Ken is a synonym of horizon, meaning the extent of perception, understanding, knowledge or vision, and is also a fairly common name, variation of or shortened form of Kenneth, which means 'fire-born; good looking', according to this link
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Kenneth
 
  • #29


tiny-tim said:
English boys' names don't usually mean anything

Some groups in the USA have favored "meaningful" names, but they're usually considered eccentric. When I was young, there was a man in my church whom everybody knew as "P. H. Wolfe." Everybody used his initials, never his first name. It wasn't until after several years that we learned what the initials stood for: Pleasant Harmonious!
 
  • #30
Go for Norbert, like Norbert Wiener.
 
  • #31


jtbell said:
Some groups in the USA have favored "meaningful" names, but they're usually considered eccentric.

I know a girl named Prudence and she's friends with a guy named Justice. I'm not kidding. All they need to do is meet up with people named Charity, Honesty, and Patience and they'd have the virtues pretty much covered.
 
  • #32
Trivia: What does the B.J. stand for in B.J. Hunnicutt?
 
  • #33
As for looking to the horizon, I vote for "Magellan".
 
  • #34
Ivan Seeking said:
Trivia: What does the B.J. stand for in B.J. Hunnicutt?

I don't know. What does B.J. stand for in "A nice B.J. would really hit the spot right now"?

What? I'm talking about Ben and Jerry's. Get your mind out of the gutter!
 
  • #35
Tom Mattson said:
I don't know. What does B.J. stand for in "A nice B.J. would really hit the spot right now"?

What? I'm talking about Ben and Jerry's

Is that Cockney?
 
  • #36
As a sophomore/junior, I was co-habitating with a a grad student several years my senior (very fit lifeguard at the University pool), when her sister "dropped in" from the Netherlands. I shook that cutie's hand, introduced myself and asked her name. She said "BJ" and my girlfriend jumped in with a very matter-of-fact "Barbara Jane". Seemed a bit cold to douse any hopes that way.
 
  • #37
Ivan Seeking said:
Trivia: What does the B.J. stand for in B.J. Hunnicutt?

I remember the episode where that was revealed.

His name is simply B.J., and he is named after his parents Bea and Jay Hunnicut.
 
  • #38
One of my friends had a room-mate from a muslim country. His name was Fuc*rudin (without space).
 
  • #39
tianbian said:
I am a physics enthusiast, I am a Chinese. I now want an English name.
If the name can descripe a sense is better.the sense is A person toward the horizon.
thank you for all your recommend.
You are interested in getting a Western name, but you are trying to apply Eastern ways of thinking.

Westerners, as has been mentioned, tend to name children after other family members, there is no meaning associated with the name. The rest of the time Westerners choose names based on how they sound. There is very little thought in western cultures to any significance. It sounds as though your culture has a very beautiful custom of applying some scenario or occasion to a child's name. I think that is wonderful.

Reed would be a cool name to a Westerner because it is unusual for a person and based on current trends sounds "cool". Fashion trends in western countries for naming children leans toward taking a common name for an item and using it in an unusual way, such as a name for a child. Another trend is to name a girl with a traditionally male name. It's kind of a shock value. Like naming a girl Murphy or Harrison, names that in the past signified a male.
 
  • #40
tianbian said:
I am a physics enthusiast, I am a Chinese. I now want an English name.
If the name can descripe a sense is better.the sense is A person toward the horizon.
thank you for all your recommend.

Reed is the name of the coolest college in America.
America is the newest of places on the planet.
And they have a beautiful lake on campus.
pf_reed_college.jpg

It totally fits.

If you want to be cool, go with Reed.

And of course, tell everyone that the college was named after you.

We will believe almost anything here. :smile:

Om Cheeto! & Wo bu tso dau! :smile::smile:
 
  • #41
tianbian,

My last name, Booda, seems like an adopted Chinese name! (Actually, "Booda" derives from the German "Bode.")

A synonym (word with a similar meaning) for "horizon" is "edge." It so happens that a popular English first name or last name is Edgar!

Now I understand the excitement of naming another.:biggrin:
 
  • #42
Oerg said:
reed is a nice name

unlike rutherford :rolleyes:

reed is a nice name
really ?
Why do you think so
 
  • #43
jobyts said:
Since your last name is short, I would recommend a longer first name.
What's the closest English pronunciation for your chinese name?

It can't be pronounciation in english
The pinyin is "jia"
 
  • #44
Jack21222 said:
I'd go for Reed, given he option between Reed and Bulrush.

thank you
 
  • #45


tiny-tim said:
Hi tianbian! Welcome to PF! :smile:




i] a name like reed or bulrush does not have the same significance in the West as it has in China … we see them as uninteresting (however, you will be in southern India, where they may have a different view)
ii] nearly everyone at OU will have an Indian name, not an English one
iii] can you pronounce the letter "r" well? if not, avoid names like Reed or Robin
iv] English boys' names don't usually mean anything … there are many English girls' names which mean flowers, or virtues, such as Daisy or Grace, but very few boys' names like Victor … we choose a name because of other people who have that name, not because of its literal meaning
v] i suggest you choose a statesman or actor whom you admire, and take his name … Winston or Nelson or John or Tom or …

Good luck, anyway! :smile:

1, you are right. but the name itself is uninteresting.we just need the pronunciation is easy.
reed is basicly ok.
2, I think the indian will accept english name.
3, I think i can pronounce the letter "r" well. but it is not the point
4, anyway we can't refuse some interesting things,for example names mean something . Am i right?
5, This is really stumped me.Chinese young man always hated political leaders.you never believe the darkness of chinese Officialdom.

thank you anyway
by the way Einstein is my idol,noly one.
 
  • #46
fuzzyfelt said:
I think Reed could work.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Reed
It would probably fit in better than Bulrush.

Also, Ken is a synonym of horizon, meaning the extent of perception, understanding, knowledge or vision, and is also a fairly common name, variation of or shortened form of Kenneth, which means 'fire-born; good looking', according to this link
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Kenneth

thankyou for your link
the link tell me the reed it can be use

ken is a very nice name
as you say Ken is a synonym of horizon, meaning the extent of perception, understanding, knowledge or vision.

thankyou,if veed doesn't work
i perhelps choose ken
 
  • #47
Focus said:
Go for Norbert, like Norbert Wiener.

sausage ?
 
  • #48


jtbell said:
Some groups in the USA have favored "meaningful" names, but they're usually considered eccentric. When I was young, there was a man in my church whom everybody knew as "P. H. Wolfe." Everybody used his initials, never his first name. It wasn't until after several years that we learned what the initials stood for: Pleasant Harmonious!

the girl have a good name
 
  • #49
Does reed really work?
 
  • #50
tianbian said:
Does reed really work?
Reed is nice, though if you want to have a name that conjures up a sense of solo exploration, Ranger or Scout might fit you better.
 

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