Interest Don't use reduplication. And remember that rules are meant to be broken. In common with other societies, the Chinese regarded dreams as omens. Descriptive names Names are sometimes given to describe the physical features of the person. History provides us with many such instances.
Some people choose names which embody principles they aspire to.
He devised the name Sheyu by splitting his surname into its component parts. He selected this name because he wanted to give of him self and thereby improve this tormented world. In this century, there has developed a passion for choosing names based on horoscopes, counting the number of strokes in each character, and balancing the five elements. This is a phenomenon of the late twentieth century and has no historical basis. Chinese has only a limited syllabary, so it is especially easy to mistakenly produce a Chinese name which sounds like a known phrase, with possibly embarassing consequences.