Do any names start with 谦？ A while back, when I first started learning Chinese, I chose my Chinese name to be 谦恭. I chose this because 谦恭 is a loose direct translation of the meaning of my name.

So, a few years later, I found out that 谦恭 cannot be used as a name as it is improper. I did not worry about it so much then, but now I am going to be studying abroad in China in the Fall. So I would like to know if there are any names in China that start with 谦. I am really attached to 谦恭 because I have had it as my name for so long.

My actual legal name has no phonetic similarities with 谦恭 either. Just so you know.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
Here's an alternative point of view.

谦恭 is an okay Chinese name, albeit &quot;uncommon.&quot;

If you check out this article on zhummzyking的博客 it talks about 谦 as a surname.
Under part two origins the article explains:

二.姓氏渊源：
第一个渊源：源于礼法，出自春秋时期君子之道，属于以儒家礼法为氏。
谦，是春秋时期儒家学派所提倡的礼法，提倡恭谦退让为尚，有心谦和面谦之分，儒家强调以君子之风，面对同等地位之人，应在内心上恭顺谨慎、文良逊让，以显尊敬，其在史籍《史记·乐书》中就有记载：“君子以谦退为礼。”当然，如若社会地位不对等者，儒家就不讲求什么“谦”了。
春秋后期，有一些人以君子自诩，遂改以礼法为姓氏，即称谦氏，后有不少人改回原姓氏，但仍有坚持为谦氏者，世代相传至今，其姓源繁复，不可一论。

Then it talks about a fairly well known monk by the name of:

谦开善.

The page also mentions a second origin but I won't paste that here.

谦 is not a common surname, but it is indeed a last name.


How about 恭 then?
This is where the China Biographical Database (CBDB) comes in handy.
A search for names with 恭 in them provides many names, alternative names and courtesy names.
Names like:

陳彥恭



程嗣恭



孫恭

Multiple people have the posthumous name:

文恭

including 王珪 and 王綯.
If you go through CBDB's name list the number of 恭's is immense.

恭 is a legit name.


You might see some complaints about your name, but Chinese names are diverse and varied and after all you have evidence to back you up.