Posted by Lisa C on May 18, 2001 at 12:24:18:
In Reply to: Re: Please help me identify these names... posted by Thank you!, but on May 17, 2001 at 20:00:20:
Depending on the dialect and the language it was transliterated too you could get an infinite variation.
I have a feeling the name Dee could be the character for 'thank you'. In the US, I've seen all these used for that character - Der, Tse, Xie.
Damasuren is probably an Indonesian (or that language group, Malay) name and not necessarily havkng to do w/the Chinese name at all. As I mentioned b/4 in Thailand and Indonesia, Chinese are not allowed to use their own names, but MUST have a Thai or Indonesian surname.
Many names in China are in Korea and Vietname b/c way back when China was either in power there or influenced them greatly. The Cho character is grass.