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I'm a Chinese girl and now studying English and French at University.I'd like to name myself "Carmen" which seems to be a latin one. I do like it. My English teacher from Australia thinks it to be a lovely one. But it's the name of main character in Bizer's opara "Carmen". To be honest, Carmen is considered to be a frivolous and capricious,in a word, extremely bad girl by most Chinese probably for the reorganized translation. So some classmates and friends like to laugh at me.I do need your suggestions! What do you think of it? Is it too bad? Many thanks!
Cheers!
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I taught a wonderful girl named Carmen once, so I've got good associations; plus, the opera heroine might be a bit frivolous, but she gets some marvellous music! (And in Latin, Carmen means "song".)
However, if you feel happier about changing it, maybe Carmel would be better? It's so close, and it means "garden", which is very lovely. Just one point - that L at the end might be tricky for speakers of Chinese, perhaps?
Many people would envy you the chance to choose your own name! Does the meaning of your Chinese name have any possible links to nice English names?
However, if you feel happier about changing it, maybe Carmel would be better? It's so close, and it means "garden", which is very lovely. Just one point - that L at the end might be tricky for speakers of Chinese, perhaps?
Many people would envy you the chance to choose your own name! Does the meaning of your Chinese name have any possible links to nice English names?
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