Origin of my name

                                                                    Origin of my name

    My name is Davis.  I was born in a Chinese family and raised in China. So I also have a Chinese name: 蓝天慰( Lan Tian Wei). In Chinese, people put their family name, which is from their father in the first, and the given or first name is last.

    蓝(Lan) is the name that was from my father. It means blue in English. People may ask why my name is so weird? It is just a kind of color. I will tell them that the breadth and depth of Chinese culture is difficult to explain clearly in just a few words. The second character of my Chinese name is 天(Tian)  which means "sky" in English. My parents put them together to create my name 蓝天(Lan Tian) means“ blue sky". The meaning of my name is that my parents want my heart to be as clear as the blue sky and my mind to be as open as the boundless sky. The last character of my Chinese name is 慰(Wei). It has many meanings such as consolation, comfort, and becalm. The reason my parents gave me this character 慰 as the last character of my Chinese name was that they wanted me to be calm and comfort myself when I encounter difficulties, and not to be a reckless person. I am surprised that the name my parents gave me really fits my personality!

    Finally, people may ask how did you get your English name Davis. Whether they believe it or not, I would say because it sounds  like my Chinese name and I gave it to myself.