Article :: How is a good name choosen?

In order to determine the best names, there are 3 areas to look at:-
a. Suitability of the Name to the Ba Zi
b. The Sounding of the Name
c. The meaning of the Name
It is ideal to have a name which fulfill all the above three areas.
So often, we use the strokes of each chinese character to find the combinations of strokes which produces the best dates.
ie. 12-13-4
where Surname 12, Middle Name is 13 and Last Name is 4.
Usually such a combination will produce different breakdown of Tian-Di-Ren Ge (or Heaven-Earth-Human Luck). Different Five Element breakdown and different Name Luck Periods.
From these various areas, one will be able to see if a name is good or not.