How would you translate a name consisting of dictionary words? Just out of curiosity, if your name consisted of words which exist in an English dictionary, would you translate it as you would those words?  Or would you translate it letter-by-letter?

For example, I used to work with someone called Lance Fox, would that be 矛狐狸?  I know a Matt Brown, would that be 亚光褐色?
The norm is to make it:

a) similar in sound
b) follow Chinese naming conventions

and optionally also choose characters with a relevant or good meaning.

But just as authors can choose pen names such as 矛盾 and 莫言, a westerner can pick a name by your criteria. 矛狐狸 is rather elegant in this perspective, but would be considered a nickname, since 矛 is not a family name.