Is Mena a common Chinese female name?

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Is Mena a common Chinese female name?
Mar 9, 2008 00:44
DESTRUCKDOZ Points: Join Date: Sep 30, 2007 Status: offline	Hey whats up, I was wondering if the name "Mena" is a common female Chinese name?

Mar 9, 2008 21:47	#1
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	As far as I am concern, it is not very common, but " 娜" is frequently used in female Chinese name. In Chinese Pinyin, "米娜" reads " Mi ( third tone) Na( fourth tone)". To put it together, it reads " Mina", not "Mena". " 米" means " rice" in Chinese. " 娜" means grace and feminity.

Mar 10, 2008 02:43	#2
DESTRUCKDOZ Points: Join Date: Sep 30, 2007 Status: Offline	Thanks for the reply Leonardo. Hey do you know what this name means? Its like Lim Jing Sing (not pinyin accurate)

Mar 11, 2008 21:06	#3
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	You are welcome! Destruckdoz, where do you find these Chinese characters? The name in the second picture is not written in regular simplified Chinese character. I am sorry I can not figure it out right now. If you can offer me a regular simplified Chinese character, I can help you handle it. I am sorry!

Mar 11, 2008 21:14	#4
RITA Points: Join Date: May 10, 2005 Status: Offline	Is that 林正成？

Mar 11, 2008 22:09	#5
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	I am thinking if there are three or two Chinese characters in the pic. If it is three, I agree with Rita. It reads Lin (the second tone) Zheng (fourth tone) Cheng (second tone). That would be a common Chinese male name.

Mar 14, 2008 03:31	#6
DESTRUCKDOZ Points: Join Date: Sep 30, 2007 Status: Offline	YEAH its 林正成, Thanks Rita. Man since I was a kid in Chinese school I would always get yelled at for spacing the 林 too wide that it looked like real trees. So uh, what does the name 林正成 mean? I hope stubborn isn't in there somewhere.

Mar 14, 2008 07:36	#7
RITA Points: Join Date: May 10, 2005 Status: Offline	林 as you know, it means woods, trees, forests ... It's a common Chinese surname. 正 means positive, justice, correct... 成 means successful, alright(like Beijingese people use when they answer positively), become, grown up, mature ... ... There can be a lot more meanings than those given the certain contexts for these 3 separate words.

Mar 15, 2008 00:56	#8
DESTRUCKDOZ Points: Join Date: Sep 30, 2007 Status: Offline	Thanks for the definitions, Rita. Yeah I do know that 林 means forest or trees. Has something to do with a royal family member who had a baby in the forest during an unsuccessful coup. Haha I should have been more clear, I wrote 林 too wide and they looked like palm trees.

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