Character by character
Why it works
求 seek; demand, request; beseech; 恩 kindness, mercy, charity. A given name a foreign resident of China actually took.
Why it reads this way
求恩 (Qiú Ēn) is an editorial Chinese given name. 求 means seek; demand, request; beseech. 恩 means kindness, mercy, charity. The feel is balanced, leaning male. It's a curated combination rather than a classical citation, so use it as a starting point and check the full name with a Chinese speaker.
Documented use
白求恩（Henry Norman Bethune），医生，名字由 约定俗成 所取。毛泽东《纪念白求恩》使其家喻户晓，被视为'国际主义'象征
This is one of the real Chinese names collected in our corpus of foreign residents' names; we list it because somebody actually uses it, not because it ranks in any popularity table.
Sound
The pinyin is Qiú Ēn. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.
How to introduce it
“My Chinese name is 求恩. 求 — seek; demand, request; beseech; 恩 — kindness, mercy, charity.”
A common full-name pattern would be 李求恩 (Lǐ Qiú Ēn), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.
Source
外籍人士中文名语料库与频率统计.xlsx（本地整理；含台“内政部”户政司 2001-2015 结婚登记外籍人士中文名 Top10、新华社译名室《世界人名翻译大辞典》、人民日报海外版/光明网/环球时报及高校报道） · 白求恩 Henry Norman Bethune 医生
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