English names

Your English name, written in Chinese.

The characters Chinese speakers actually use for 2,230 English names — with pinyin, what each character means, and where the spelling comes from.

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English name 珍娜 zhēn nà Jenna English name 詹妮 zhān nī Jennie English name 詹妮弗 zhān nī fú Jennifer English name 詹宁斯 zhān níng sī Jennings English name 詹妮弗 zhān nī fú Jenny English name 詹森 zhān sēn Jensen English name 杰里迈亚 jié lǐ mài yà Jeremiah English name 杰里米 jié lǐ mǐ Jeremy English name 杰罗姆 jié luó mǔ Jerome English name 杰罗尔德 jié luó ěr dé Jerrold English name 杰里 jié lǐ Jerry English name 杰斯 jié sī Jess English name 杰西 jié xī Jesse English name 杰西卡 jié xī kǎ Jessica English name 杰西 jié xī Jessie English name 杰西 jié xī Jesus English name 朱厄尔 zhū è ěr Jewel English name 朱厄尔 zhū è ěr Jewell English name 吉尔 jí ěr Jill English name 吉利安 jí lì ān Jillian English name 詹姆斯 zhān mǔ sī Jim English name 希梅内斯 xī méi nèi sī Jimenez English name 吉米 jí mǐ Jimmie English name 詹姆斯 zhān mǔ sī Jimmy English name 乔 qiáo Jo English name 琼 qióng Joan English name 乔安 qiáo ān Joann English name 乔安娜 qiáo ān nà Joanna English name 乔安妮 qiáo ān nī Joanne English name 乔斯林 qiáo sī lín Jocelyn English name 乔 qiáo Joe English name 乔尔 qiáo ěr Joel English name 乔伊 qiáo yī Joey English name 约翰娜 yuē hàn nà Johanna English name 约翰 yuē hàn John English name 约翰尼 yuē hàn ní Johnnie English name 约翰 yuē hàn Johnny English name 约翰斯 yuē hàn sī Johns English name 约翰逊 yuē hàn xùn Johnson English name 约翰斯顿 yuē hàn sī dùn Johnston English name 乔伊 qiáo yī Joie English name 乔伊纳 qiáo yī nà Joiner English name 乔莉埃特 qiáo lì āi tè Joliet English name 乔利 qiáo lì Jolly English name 乔恩 qiáo ēn Jon English name 乔纳 qiáo nà Jonah English name 乔纳斯 qiáo nà sī Jonas English name 乔纳森 qiáo nà sēn Jonathan English name 乔恩 qiáo ēn Jone English name 琼斯 qióng sī Jones English name 乔丹 qiáo dān Jordan English name 乔登 qiáo dēng Jordon English name 何塞 hé sāi Jose English name 约瑟夫 yuē sè fū Joseph English name 约瑟芬 yuē sè fēn Josephine English name 约书亚 yuē shū yà Josh English name 约书亚 yuē shū yà Joshua English name 约西亚 yuē xī yà Josiah English name 乔西 qiáo xī Josie English name 乔伊 qiáo yī Joy

These are spellings, not chosen names

A transliteration keeps the sound of your English name. The characters are picked to match that sound, and most carry an ordinary meaning of their own — which is why the same name can be written a few different ways. Chinese readers will recognise these as foreign names, not as names a Chinese family would choose.

If you want a Chinese name built the Chinese way — a surname, then a given name chosen for meaning — start with the Finder. Already have a Chinese name? Check it for sound, meaning, and awkward homophones.

Every page on this list shows where its spelling came from: published name lists, dictionaries of foreign names in Chinese, and names real foreigners in China actually use.