Name Study
Rate an existing name or generate one with AI — help you pick a good name and a good beginning
About name study
A name is not a small matter. Traditionally, Chinese names were chosen to please the ear, the eye and the meaning at once, and to sit well with the five grids of strokes and the producing and overcoming relations of the five elements — the Heaven grid carries the family's support, the Character grid governs the person's fortunes, the Earth grid rests on the foundation, the Outer grid shows how others take to the name, and the Total grid settles the whole. A good name has an easy cadence, strokes that suit the hand, and elements that complement the chart rather than fight it; it can add colour to a whole life.
The name-study tool here works in two modes: suggesting names and reading them. Enter a surname and your preferences and the AI returns candidate names; enter a name you already have and you get a one-click reading of how its five grids fare and how well its elements match. Read it together with a Bazi chart and the name fits the chart all the better.
How to use it
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Fill in the form with the surname, gender, preferences or the situation the name is for.
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Look through the suggested names or the analysis result, and narrow it down to the direction you care about.
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If you want the reasoning behind it, open the full reading and the recommendations.
Frequently asked questions
Common ones are naming a baby, a personal nickname, a brand, a studio or a project code — anywhere you need inspiration for a Chinese name.
Better to treat the suggestions as a pool of inspiration, then make the final call together with family preferences, where and how the name will be used, and how it looks and sounds in writing.
Related reading
Get the basics straight first and the tool will make more sense.
Baby Names
Naming a baby with the five elements in mind
You can reference the five elements of a Bazi chart when naming a baby, but do not sacrifice how the name sounds, what it means and how it feels to use, just to patch one missing element.
Name Study
The five-grid method, explained
The five-grid method is one way of reading names: it looks at the structure of a name through combinations of stroke counts. It is still only one reference among several.
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How to name a company
A company name should be easy to remember and pronounce, suit its industry and carry a coherent meaning. Before it is used, though, trademark checks and business-registration rules matter more than auspiciousness.
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How to read the score of a name
The name score brings the five grids, element matching and the usual auspicious conventions together into one reference. The score is useful, but it cannot tell you whether the name itself sounds good and works in daily life.
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