吉文 (Jíwén): Givens / Gevin / Given (transli…

Meanings

1 Givens / Gevin / Given (transliteration of foreign name)
2 auspicious writing (literal sense; rare)

Characters

吉

jí

lucky; auspicious (phonetic)

文

wén

writing; culture (phonetic)

Examples

吉文是个英文姓氏。

Jíwén shì ge Yīngwén xìngshì.

Givens is an English surname.

电影里的警长名叫吉文。

Diànyǐng lǐ de jǐngzhǎng míng jiào Jíwén.

The marshal in the film is called Givens.

Tips

culture

吉文 most commonly transliterates the surname Givens — notably U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (雷兰·吉文斯 / 雷兰·吉文) from the FX series Justified (《火线警探》). Picked phonetically for the auspicious 吉 ('lucky') and the literary 文 ('writing').