> For example, the Chinese equivalent of “John Smith”—a common English name in the United States—would be 王俊杰 (wang2 jun4 jie2). Not sure about whether or not

> For example, the Chinese equivalent of “John Smith”—a common English name in the United States—would be 王俊杰 (wang2 jun4 jie2). Not sure about whether or not it's really that common, but given the fact "王俊杰" means King, Handsome and Prominent individually, I'd say that name is pretty close to the up limit of what you can get from a 3-characters name.