Non-Ethnic Last Name for Daniel

Boy Names
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I’m looking to change my last name and was hoping I can get some ideas on this forum. It is currently Meng, but I’d like to have something a bit more ethnic-neutral.

Few things:
I’m Chinese-Canadian, so ideally it wouldn’t be [name_m]Wilson[/name_m], [name_u]James[/name_u], etc. (I don’t want to trigger an aneurysm to those who try to match my name with my ethnicity). [name_f]Simplicity[/name_f] is preferred – 1-2 syllables… nature nouns tends to work well but I’m out of ideas.

Few I like, but with minor reservations:

[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Hill[/name_m] // slightly dull sounding
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_f]May[/name_f] // bit effeminate?
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Parc[/name_m] // alternate spelling of [name_m]Park[/name_m], which is an Korean last name… not sure if this will be an issue.
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Pine[/name_m] // bordering aneurysm
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Wild[/name_m] // okay, not exactly my personality

Any feedback on the above names / new ideas would be helpful (made up words are welcome).

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I like [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] hill and [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] parc. Good luck!

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I know you didn’t ask for opinions on this, but I think [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] Meng sounds amazing. I vote for keeping the name tied to your heritage.

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Personally I think it would be a shame to change your asian surname to an english boring one haha but here are some ideas that you might like:

[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Neal[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Eden[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] Stills
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Gray[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Bell[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Dune[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Field[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Reed[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Leon[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Sky[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] Bloom
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]

But again I think you should stick with your Chinese surname!

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[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Birch[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Finch[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Mars[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Trey[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_f]Roe[/name_f]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Vale[/name_u]

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Surnames can be pretty much absolutely anything but I agree with the others, Meng is fine. As for other ideas…

Real words
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Vale[/name_u] (as mentioned above)
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Marsh[/name_u] (not glamorous I confess)
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_m]Marshall[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] [name_u]Reed[/name_u] or Reeds (also already mentioned)

Not so real words
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] Mengvale?
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] Avun
Daniel Yane