<p>宁和 can be used as a real Chinese name. 宁 is a common family name and 和 is totally ok for a given name.</p>

<p>When used as a family name, 宁 pronounced as ning4. With such pronunciation, it also can mean "rather", like 宁死不屈(rather die than surrender).</p>

<p>When pronounced as ning2, it means quiet/peace.</p>

<p>To be clear, people will say ning4和 but won't understand the name as "rather peace". Usually, this name will be considered as "quiet and peace". It is a valid name but won't have the "aspire" to peace.</p>

<p>All the above is for Chinese name, not quite sure if it is allowed to only have 2 characters in Japanese name.</p>

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Almost no one cares about the meaning of the family name unless the full name is a commonly used word. However, that is the case parents usually want to avoid.
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<p>Recommend to use 和宁 with your surname, example: 王和宁 </p>

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<p>I'm creating a half Japanese half Chinese character and I'm trying to figure out whether or not 宁和 can be used as a name. I'm also wondering if it means to aspire to peace and is read a "ninghe".</p>

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2019-06-10T04:04:10.377Z
宁和 (Níng hé)  is ok. as a name, One thing though, it sounds quite similar to Japan's new 年號 (reign title) 令和 (Lìng hé)
Tang Ho
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both 宁 and 和 mean peace, there's no 'aspire' part if that's what you mean
Jason Swift
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郁宁？（yu4ning2）探宁（tan4ning2）玄宁（xuan2ning2）They are closer to "aspire and peace"(´▽｀)ノ♪
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Can 宁和 be used as a real name
# Can 宁和 be used as a real name

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-10)

I'm creating a half Japanese half Chinese character and I'm trying to figure out whether or not 宁和 can be used as a name. I'm also wondering if it means to aspire to peace and is read a "ninghe".

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 宁和 (Níng hé)  is ok. as a name, One thing though, it sounds quite similar to Japan's new 年號 (reign title) 令和 (Lìng hé)  
> **username_2**: both 宁 and 和 mean peace, there's no 'aspire' part if that's what you mean  
> **username_3**: 郁宁？（yu4ning2）探宁（tan4ning2）玄宁（xuan2ning2）They are closer to "aspire and peace"(´▽｀)ノ♪  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-06-14. Score: 2

宁和 can be used as a real Chinese name. 宁 is a common family name and 和 is totally ok for a given name.

When used as a family name, 宁 pronounced as ning4. With such pronunciation, it also can mean "rather", like 宁死不屈(rather die than surrender).

When pronounced as ning2, it means quiet/peace.

To be clear, people will say ning4和 but won't understand the name as "rather peace". Usually, this name will be considered as "quiet and peace". It is a valid name but won't have the "aspire" to peace.

All the above is for Chinese name, not quite sure if it is allowed to only have 2 characters in Japanese name.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: Almost no one cares about the meaning of the family name unless the full name is a commonly used word. However, that is the case parents usually want to avoid.  

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### Answer by username_6 on 2019-11-18. Score: 0

Recommend to use 和宁 with your surname, example: 王和宁


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