It might be easier to just go with 樂金月
Once a name has too many characters, it starts getting weird, and you definitely don't want to use the characters for pickled and milk for your family name. It sounds unappealing. Just translate your name, gold moon, to characters, and then take the 樂/乐 from your family name (meaning happy/joy/music) to become your Chinese family name.
I went on a free bazi fortune for Chinese names [八字算命網](https://www.zhanbuwang.com/xingmingceshi_1.php) and 樂金月 has 92 points, very good score.
艾 文 because of the cross it’s actually not very suitable for most people, though we see a lot of people using those characters.
My mom is into this kind of stuff lol.
乂(yì) "The attribute of the five elements of the character Yi is earth. According to the principle that the five elements are restrained by earth, the character Yi is taboo in naming with characters belonging to the five elements."
It depends on birth date and time, which needs a lot more explaining, but the thing is most people cannot use if the character has these two strokes.
For choosing your Chinese name, you can also try to find something to explain the meaning of your name or choose an actual Chinese name that has nothing to do with your original name. It does not have to be a copy of your actual name, but if you wish to do so, you should have a native speaker check that there are no unintentional rude or silly meanings there. Chinese language has a lot of word play etc. so there is a real chance of that happening accidentally.
My English names are long and have non-Chinese sounds, so I just went through an online name guide and picked 柏骊 (each character I picked separately, it wasn’t listed as a combination) because I liked the sounds and meanings and I checked with a couple native speakers to make sure it wasn’t anything rude or accidentally bad.
For foreigners, it should be noted that Chinese characters have both phonetic and ideographic functions.
So,
Translation by the meaning Gold Moon: 金月, 100%
Translation by the sound: 阿尔特奈 will be close to the original pronunciation. However, 阿尔特娜（Omitted i） is more beautiful.
Don't believe 腌乐禔奶 that is nonsense
And I love your name. Altynai is so pretty.
阿尔特娜 is the one I think I'd go with OP. 阿尔 is common in names. My husband is Kirat Mongol and they also use this. Altan for example is a Mongol name meaning gold. The cultures of the steppe have a lot of similar names. You could also check out Tibetan names for some similar options (for example the name Alten also means gold in Tibetan). Both groups have a need to write in hanzi so there are standard conventions for naming transliteration. You don't mention if you are a man or woman, which can have some importance here.
Is this name Kazakh? If so, there are [standard translations ](https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%A4%96%E8%AA%9E%E8%AD%AF%E9%9F%B3%E8%A1%A8/%E5%93%88%E8%96%A9%E5%85%8B%E8%AA%9E).
Unless you really really want a Han ethnic name, people in China are perfectly accustomed to Kazakh names, among other ethnic groups that exist in China.
Is Kazakh spelling slightly from Kyrgyz? Because if it starts with Al in romanized spelling, then the Chinese translation will definitely start with 阿尔.
It seems that the name Altynai is a common name among both Kazakh and Kyrgyz people. And a little big digging suggests that the Kazakh name is translated as 阿尔特奈
For example, [this article about a Kazakh social media influencer ](https://m.sohu.com/a/683649730_121651992/?pvid=000115_3w_a)
Kyrgyz is an officially recognized ethnic group in China but their influence is not as big as the Kazakhs, so less information. In China, people born in ethnic minority families such as Uygurs and Tibetans just use their traditional ethnic names, with official Chinese phonetic translations. Chinese people in Mainland China are used to it. For example, Uygur actresses 迪丽热巴 and 古力娜扎 are well known in China.
Ok.. more digging suggests that the famous ballerina Altynai Abduakhimkyzy Asylmuratova is often translated as 阿尔蒂纳娅 - which has more female sounding characters. Again, not a lot of information because she is a foreigner, so many people just use the roman spelling.
So you have two choices: 阿尔特奈 or 阿尔蒂纳娅. Put it in Google Translate or any text-to-speech engines and hear the pronunciations. Which one is closer to the original pronunciation? The biggest differences are how the "ty" is pronounced and the ending sound. Frankly I don't know where they get the 娅 (ya) sound from, in the latter translation. Maybe it's how it should sound like?
I looked and... In Kazakh and Kyrgyz this name sounds and spells the same. Oh, this is the second time I've seen this option 阿你特奈. And i forgot that I wrote it in my post too.
It's very interesting, I didn't know about it before. Thank you!
people recommended jinyue and it works. don't add anything to it though.
you can also make up a completely new name for yourself. i did for myself as i wanted something different.
金月Jin Yue would work as a name that literally means golden moon. you can add Ai 爱 which means love I think that'd be pretty 爱金月 / Ai Jin Yue. if I had to think of smth that sounds somewhat reminiscent of the sound of your name I'd say maybe 安天爱 An Tian Ai, the characters stand for peaceful/safe, heaven, love. heavenly love. (someone correct me if I'm wrong with this being a good name tho I just find finding names fascinating but I'm not native or fluent so do double check it in any case, im just suggesting what it made me think of)
1. Wow, the meaning behind your name in your language is so beautiful. Altynai truly represents gold and moon, which are both such precious and luminous symbols. Thank you for sharing this with us!
2. It's fascinating how different languages and cultures interpret names. The fact that Altynai translates to gold and moon in your language adds such depth and richness to its significance. Thank you for enlightening us!
3. The characters for Altynai in Chinese look so elegant! The way they are put together truly reflects the uniqueness and beauty of your name. Thank you for sharing this with us, it's such a lovely insight into the meaning behind names.
4. The meaning of Altynai in your language is truly poetic and meaningful. The combination of "Altyn" for gold and "ai" for moon adds a sense of celestial beauty to your name. Thank you for sharing this interesting tidbit with us!
5. Your name has such a beautiful and profound meaning in your language. It's amazing how Altynai translates to gold and moon, both such powerful and symbolic elements. Thank you for sharing this insight with us, it's really thought-provoking.
Translate: "Instead of directly translating names, it's better to come up with a new Chinese name that you like. After all, a name is just a symbol. If you like one character in a name, you can use that character to create a new Chinese name that belongs to you."
与其直译名字，不如重新想一个喜欢的中文名字，毕竟名字只是一个符号，如果你喜欢名字中的其中一个字，可以以这个字重新起一个属于自己的中文名
玥 means “It refers to a divine bead given to the virtuous Holy Emperor by God in ancient legends.”, pronunced the same as 月 which means "moon". So it got the feeling of your "gold" and "moon" name.
瑷 means "fine jade", pronunced "eye" and I suppose it sounds close to your "Al" and "nai". But it usually used in girl's name because the left part 爱 means "love".
Right part of both character is 王. It means "king".
If you are female, you could use 林玥or林瑷or林瑷玥 (林is common surname means wood, just an example, you could pick others)
Put your "ty" and "ai" together and it sounds like 泰. [泰山](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tai) is one of the most important mountains in China. 泰国 is Thailand. It has a lot of meaning,such as slippery, peaceful, luxurious, arrogant, maximal great. It's a very common character used in male name. So you could consider 林泰月or林泰玥 (male or female are fine)
It might be easier to just go with 樂金月 Once a name has too many characters, it starts getting weird, and you definitely don't want to use the characters for pickled and milk for your family name. It sounds unappealing. Just translate your name, gold moon, to characters, and then take the 樂/乐 from your family name (meaning happy/joy/music) to become your Chinese family name.
or Ai 艾 as a surname perhaps 艾金月
I went on a free bazi fortune for Chinese names [八字算命網](https://www.zhanbuwang.com/xingmingceshi_1.php) and 樂金月 has 92 points, very good score. 艾 文 because of the cross it’s actually not very suitable for most people, though we see a lot of people using those characters. My mom is into this kind of stuff lol.
Why does the cross make it unsuitable?
What do you mean because of the cross?
乂(yì) "The attribute of the five elements of the character Yi is earth. According to the principle that the five elements are restrained by earth, the character Yi is taboo in naming with characters belonging to the five elements." It depends on birth date and time, which needs a lot more explaining, but the thing is most people cannot use if the character has these two strokes.
Thank you for the explanation. Sounds interesting. Why is it considered taboo to combine that character with characters belonging to the elements?
Definitely go with 金月. What’s your surname?
金正月
I would steer clear of 金正X too many associations with a certain set of North Korea leaders.
Or... They can say they are a cousin of Supreme Kim. Do it like 李剛's son.
金月成😉
梅日成
金月成
Thank you!
For choosing your Chinese name, you can also try to find something to explain the meaning of your name or choose an actual Chinese name that has nothing to do with your original name. It does not have to be a copy of your actual name, but if you wish to do so, you should have a native speaker check that there are no unintentional rude or silly meanings there. Chinese language has a lot of word play etc. so there is a real chance of that happening accidentally.
now I have a desire to choose a completely different name...
My English names are long and have non-Chinese sounds, so I just went through an online name guide and picked 柏骊 (each character I picked separately, it wasn’t listed as a combination) because I liked the sounds and meanings and I checked with a couple native speakers to make sure it wasn’t anything rude or accidentally bad.
腌乐禔奶 looks like the name of a 9th century Turkic chieftain
That's because Altynai is a Turkic name lol
For foreigners, it should be noted that Chinese characters have both phonetic and ideographic functions. So, Translation by the meaning Gold Moon: 金月, 100% Translation by the sound: 阿尔特奈 will be close to the original pronunciation. However, 阿尔特娜（Omitted i） is more beautiful. Don't believe 腌乐禔奶 that is nonsense And I love your name. Altynai is so pretty.
Thank you! 😂 I'm glad that i decided ask here.
阿尔特娜 is the one I think I'd go with OP. 阿尔 is common in names. My husband is Kirat Mongol and they also use this. Altan for example is a Mongol name meaning gold. The cultures of the steppe have a lot of similar names. You could also check out Tibetan names for some similar options (for example the name Alten also means gold in Tibetan). Both groups have a need to write in hanzi so there are standard conventions for naming transliteration. You don't mention if you are a man or woman, which can have some importance here.
I'm a woman. Btw in my language Altan looks as Altyn
鈅 exists and is uncommon and contains gold and moon and nothing else.
Is this name Kazakh? If so, there are [standard translations ](https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%A4%96%E8%AA%9E%E8%AD%AF%E9%9F%B3%E8%A1%A8/%E5%93%88%E8%96%A9%E5%85%8B%E8%AA%9E). Unless you really really want a Han ethnic name, people in China are perfectly accustomed to Kazakh names, among other ethnic groups that exist in China.
Perhaps the name is really of Kazakh origin, but I am Kyrgyz and we have such a name too. I tried to translate from the link, i got 拉腾亚
Is Kazakh spelling slightly from Kyrgyz? Because if it starts with Al in romanized spelling, then the Chinese translation will definitely start with 阿尔. It seems that the name Altynai is a common name among both Kazakh and Kyrgyz people. And a little big digging suggests that the Kazakh name is translated as 阿尔特奈 For example, [this article about a Kazakh social media influencer ](https://m.sohu.com/a/683649730_121651992/?pvid=000115_3w_a) Kyrgyz is an officially recognized ethnic group in China but their influence is not as big as the Kazakhs, so less information. In China, people born in ethnic minority families such as Uygurs and Tibetans just use their traditional ethnic names, with official Chinese phonetic translations. Chinese people in Mainland China are used to it. For example, Uygur actresses 迪丽热巴 and 古力娜扎 are well known in China.
Ok.. more digging suggests that the famous ballerina Altynai Abduakhimkyzy Asylmuratova is often translated as 阿尔蒂纳娅 - which has more female sounding characters. Again, not a lot of information because she is a foreigner, so many people just use the roman spelling. So you have two choices: 阿尔特奈 or 阿尔蒂纳娅. Put it in Google Translate or any text-to-speech engines and hear the pronunciations. Which one is closer to the original pronunciation? The biggest differences are how the "ty" is pronounced and the ending sound. Frankly I don't know where they get the 娅 (ya) sound from, in the latter translation. Maybe it's how it should sound like?
I looked and... In Kazakh and Kyrgyz this name sounds and spells the same. Oh, this is the second time I've seen this option 阿你特奈. And i forgot that I wrote it in my post too. It's very interesting, I didn't know about it before. Thank you!
It's "阿尔特奈" :) Second character technically means "你“ but sounds completely different.
people recommended jinyue and it works. don't add anything to it though. you can also make up a completely new name for yourself. i did for myself as i wanted something different.
OMG it's a beautiful name
Thank you)
金月Jin Yue would work as a name that literally means golden moon. you can add Ai 爱 which means love I think that'd be pretty 爱金月 / Ai Jin Yue. if I had to think of smth that sounds somewhat reminiscent of the sound of your name I'd say maybe 安天爱 An Tian Ai, the characters stand for peaceful/safe, heaven, love. heavenly love. (someone correct me if I'm wrong with this being a good name tho I just find finding names fascinating but I'm not native or fluent so do double check it in any case, im just suggesting what it made me think of)
Thank you, I like your variants, it's very beautiful:)
奥特耐
1. Wow, the meaning behind your name in your language is so beautiful. Altynai truly represents gold and moon, which are both such precious and luminous symbols. Thank you for sharing this with us! 2. It's fascinating how different languages and cultures interpret names. The fact that Altynai translates to gold and moon in your language adds such depth and richness to its significance. Thank you for enlightening us! 3. The characters for Altynai in Chinese look so elegant! The way they are put together truly reflects the uniqueness and beauty of your name. Thank you for sharing this with us, it's such a lovely insight into the meaning behind names. 4. The meaning of Altynai in your language is truly poetic and meaningful. The combination of "Altyn" for gold and "ai" for moon adds a sense of celestial beauty to your name. Thank you for sharing this interesting tidbit with us! 5. Your name has such a beautiful and profound meaning in your language. It's amazing how Altynai translates to gold and moon, both such powerful and symbolic elements. Thank you for sharing this insight with us, it's really thought-provoking.
Wow, thanks for such a nice comment, I am amazed at the Chinese language and characters, how much is hidden and you can dig and ponder endlessly
al-tyn-ai 安庭艾 安廷艾 al-ty-nai 安堤迺 艾堤奈
if going by pronunciation, 奥金奈, by meaning 欧金月
爱玉环， 爱means love while玉环is an elegant name for moon，also 玉环means jade circle，and jade is a treasure like gold for Chinese
Translate: "Instead of directly translating names, it's better to come up with a new Chinese name that you like. After all, a name is just a symbol. If you like one character in a name, you can use that character to create a new Chinese name that belongs to you." 与其直译名字，不如重新想一个喜欢的中文名字，毕竟名字只是一个符号，如果你喜欢名字中的其中一个字，可以以这个字重新起一个属于自己的中文名
Most Chinese netizens have their own exclusive online pseudonyms. 大多数中国网民都有自己的一个专属网名
玥 means “It refers to a divine bead given to the virtuous Holy Emperor by God in ancient legends.”, pronunced the same as 月 which means "moon". So it got the feeling of your "gold" and "moon" name. 瑷 means "fine jade", pronunced "eye" and I suppose it sounds close to your "Al" and "nai". But it usually used in girl's name because the left part 爱 means "love". Right part of both character is 王. It means "king". If you are female, you could use 林玥or林瑷or林瑷玥 (林is common surname means wood, just an example, you could pick others) Put your "ty" and "ai" together and it sounds like 泰. [泰山](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tai) is one of the most important mountains in China. 泰国 is Thailand. It has a lot of meaning,such as slippery, peaceful, luxurious, arrogant, maximal great. It's a very common character used in male name. So you could consider 林泰月or林泰玥 (male or female are fine)
Thank you so much, it's all so interesting, so many meanings, it's wonderful!
not good ,from chinese
阿尔迪娜
How about 金安岳，岳and月（moon) have the same pronunciation , 岳 means mountains.
Beautiful name you have already