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have you got an english name - 07-12-2009, 06:12 PM

have you got an pure and real english name with family name,in fact,i consider english names' meanings have only two kinds--male or female,so english names are alike,without too much characteristics,so i use the naming method in chinese character cultural circle,and name myself,PHIWIN WILLIAMS,PHIWIN is phi(losophy) add win,for my real name has a character哲,as for family name,i choose a common one,also,it is one of my favourite singers' name,he is ROBBIE WILLIAMS,(maybe i'm influenced by YAZAWA AI)and i list some most common family names,please complement
williams,jackson,johnson(ben jonson?),smith,miller,green,brown,lewis,jones,adams,peterson(petersen?)
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07-12-2009, 10:09 PM

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07-15-2009, 03:21 AM

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have you got an pure and real english name with family name,in fact,i consider english names' meanings have only two kinds--male or female,so english names are alike,without too much characteristics,so i use the naming method in chinese character cultural circle,and name myself,PHIWIN WILLIAMS,PHIWIN is phi(losophy) add win,for my real name has a character哲,as for family name,i choose a common one,also,it is one of my favourite singers' name,he is ROBBIE WILLIAMS,(maybe i'm influenced by YAZAWA AI)and i list some most common family names,please complement
williams,jackson,johnson(ben jonson?),smith,miller,green,brown,lewis,jones,adams,peterson(petersen?)
I don't understand what you're talking about. "Phiwin" is not an English name. "Phi" is part of a Greek prefix meaning "to like." It appears in things like "Phillip" which is a Greek name, not English. Sure, it is used in English, but it's not a "pure" English name.

Heck, not even William is an English name. It comes from Old High German "Willahelm." Online Etymology Dictionary

The closest you can come to an English name would be something like "Scott," which comes from Old English meaning "a Scotsman" or something.

For example, my name is Kyle Philip Goetz. "Kyle" is Gaelic. "Philip" is Greek. "Goetz" is German.
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