Hi! I’m studying Chinese and would like to choose a Chinese name but am looking for advice on which names sound nice to a native speaker! I’d like a name which has a young and perhaps slightly unusual feeling.
I have narrowed my decision down to two names: 杜若滢 and 杜晨曦
If anyone has any thoughts about which sounds best that’d be great, 谢谢！
I think both names sound really great as a native Chinese speaker and the characters you have chosen are very suitable to be used in names. Although I have to admit I have never seen the character 滢 before. It is not a common character but the definition is very meaningful (it can be used to describe something is as clean as the water), so I suggest you keep it! I don’t think anyone would have trouble pronouncing it since it is basically the character 莹 with the water radical.
As for the name 晨曦, it paints a wonderful imagery of the morning sun and it is definitely a great name (it’s the kind of names that main characters in romantic novels or dram series would have 
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Personally, I think if you’re looking for something unique, 若滢 is a great one. It sounds young, elegant, and it has the element of surprise (being the 滢 character). If anyone asks you about the character you have a nice story to tell. That’s my thoughts on the names! Hope this will help.
Rebecca
Thank you so much! That’s super helpful (and reassuring haha) 
That’s good to hear! Let me know what name you ended up choosing!