Hi can someone please tell me if this is a metaphor?

Cafefully my parents chose my name Jili meaning lucky and beautiful.
Thanks so much!

That is more of a definition than a metaphor. Dheck this site.

http://www.rhlschool.com/eng3n26.htm

I see that your question is actually the leading sentence quoted from a Children's book by Ji-Li Chiang. The language of the translation is Mandarin. Would not Ji-Li be the family name in this case (not her given name)? Dis she reverse the order of the words in her name?

Anyway, a metaphorical name for a person is likely to be a noun, not an adjective.

no its not a metaphor. A metaphor does not use like or as and tells you what something is: example: Life is a hotdog.

Yes, the phrase "Jili meaning lucky and beautiful" is an example of a metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two different things by stating that one thing is another thing. In this case, the name "Jili" is being compared to the qualities of being lucky and beautiful.

To determine if a phrase is a metaphor, you can identify if it compares two unrelated concepts using a word such as "is," "are," or "means." In your example, the phrase "Jili meaning lucky and beautiful" directly compares the name "Jili" to the qualities of being lucky and beautiful.

So, in conclusion, the phrase you provided is a metaphor as it compares the name "Jili" to the qualities of being lucky and beautiful.