<p>I never heard of such kind of "taboo". But if you are very sensitive with this for some reasons like you believe in things like <code>周易取名</code>, you may search <code>周易取名</code> on Google or Baidu. I think most of the key/original information is in Chinese.</p>

<p>Anyway, I think <code>嫣</code> is a very good name for a girl while <code>彥</code> sounds like a boy's name.</p>

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2014-01-17T12:10:33.873Z
2014-01-17T12:10:33.873Z
AGamePlayer
<p>There is no such "taboo". </p>

<p>And I think it's very beautiful name, when you have one more child, you can also pick the name in "yan" series. e.g. 燕</p>

<p>But never pick the names in the same tone for different children. Same tone means 燕 and 艳 are in the same tone: yan4</p>

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What if you have more than children than there are tones?
MissMonicaE
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2014-01-20T06:16:42.220Z
2014-01-20T06:16:42.220Z
夏至夕陽
<p>No such Taboo.</p>

<p><code>嫣</code> is a very nice character used in name. <code>嫣</code> in most time means beautiful smile and also means someone is very beautiful. I have a lot of girl classmates using <code>嫣</code> in their names.</p>

<p><code>彦</code> means people with knowledge and good morality. I once have a boy classmate having <code>彦</code> in his name.</p>

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2014-01-20T12:21:36.987Z
2014-01-20T12:21:36.987Z
einverne
<p>I would like to name my baby daughter "嫣" which is written as "yān", per pinyin.</p>

<p>However my elder daughter's name is "彥" which is pronounced as "yàn".</p>

<p>Is it considered taboo to give my daughters the similarly pronounced name, though it is different in Chinese? </p>

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2014-01-23T00:56:31.337Z
Closing as "Primarily opinion-based".
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Naming siblings with same sounding chinese characters
# Naming siblings with same sounding chinese characters

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-17)

I would like to name my baby daughter "嫣" which is written as "yān", per pinyin.

However my elder daughter's name is "彥" which is pronounced as "yàn".

Is it considered taboo to give my daughters the similarly pronounced name, though it is different in Chinese?

**Tags:** characters, names

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Closing as "Primarily opinion-based".  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-17. Score: 2

I never heard of such kind of "taboo". But if you are very sensitive with this for some reasons like you believe in things like `周易取名`, you may search `周易取名` on Google or Baidu. I think most of the key/original information is in Chinese.

Anyway, I think `嫣` is a very good name for a girl while `彥` sounds like a boy's name.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-01-20. Score: 0

There is no such "taboo".

And I think it's very beautiful name, when you have one more child, you can also pick the name in "yan" series. e.g. 燕

But never pick the names in the same tone for different children. Same tone means 燕 and 艳 are in the same tone: yan4

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: What if you have more than children than there are tones?  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-01-20. Score: 0

No such Taboo.

`嫣` is a very nice character used in name. `嫣` in most time means beautiful smile and also means someone is very beautiful. I have a lot of girl classmates using `嫣` in their names.

`彦` means people with knowledge and good morality. I once have a boy classmate having `彦` in his name.


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