How do Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese name their children?

My dad named me and my 2 brothers with some meaning. My family name is 徐, which means slowly. Generally family name is not translated but my dad translated it in order to form his sons's names. read more

Koreans do use a lot of names based on Chinese characters for their names, putting two transliterated (into Korean) characters together, but native Korean names have been increasing in popularity as of late. Sometimes, they will go to a specialist to choose a name like a traditional Korean astrologer or calligrapher. read more

Japanese policy dictated that Koreans either could register a completely new Japanese family name unrelated to their Korean surname, or have their Korean family name, in Japanese form, automatically become their Japanese name if no surname was submitted before the deadline. read more