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Chinese Names (CN101, 2017-Fall)

      Unlike English, Chinese names put the Family Name first, then comes with the Given Name. Modern Chinese names consist of a monosyllabic surname pronounced as xìng (姓) , followed by a mono- or disyllabic personal name pronounced as míng (名).  There are currently over 4,000 Chinese surnames  (姓, xìng) in use in China, literally it is called Bǎijiāxìng (百家姓),  "Hundred Family Surnames" .
English Name
​Family Name, Given Name

Chen, Vincent
Cleary, Abby
Diginolomo, Christopher
Fitzpatrick, Dustin
Frieden, Elizabeth
Ives, Abigail
Jones, Melissa
Lewis, Kevin
Maturana, Camila
Sutherland, Leah
Thomas, Felicia
Williams, Francessca
Zack, Alissa
Haywood, Janay
Park, Rachida
Chinese Name
​
Family Name, Given Name
陈嘉诚
柯爱
丁立夫
仁貽蒙
傅伊连
尹安
江孟莉
卢凯文
马兰
苏丽
唐菲菲
魏芳
灿星
何之楠
​庞书媛
Pinyin
​Family Name, Given Name

Chén Jiāchéng
Kē ài
Kè Lisī Duǒ fū
Rén Yíméng
Fù Yīlián
Yǐn ān
Jiāng Mènglì
Lú Kǎiwén
Mǎ Lán
Sū Lì
Táng Fēi fēi
Wèi Fāng
Càn xīng
Hé Zhī Nán
Páng Shūyuán
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