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 罗德里克 luó dé lǐ kè Roderick English name 罗杰 luó jié Rodger English name 罗杰斯 luó jié sī Rodgers English name 罗德尼 luó dé ní Rodney English name 罗 luó Roe English name 罗杰 luó jié Roger English name 罗杰斯 luó jié sī Rogers English name 罗兰 luó lán Roland English name 罗尔夫 luó ěr fū Rolf English name 罗兰 luó lán Rolland English name 罗林斯 luó lín sī Rollins English name 罗玛 luó mǎ Roma English name 罗曼 luó màn Romaine English name 罗曼 luó màn Roman English name 罗密欧 luó mì ōu Romeo English name 罗恩 luó ēn Ron English name 罗纳德 luó nà dé Ronald English name 罗丝 luó sī Rose English name 罗文 luó wén Rowan English name 洛克萨妮 luò kè sà nī Roxanne English name 罗伊 luó yī Roy English name 露丝 lù sī Ruth English name 赖安 lài ān Ryan English name 萨比娜 sà bǐ nà Sabina English name 萨拜因 sà bài yīn Sabine English name 萨布丽娜 sà bù lì nà Sabrina English name 萨迪 sà dí Sadie English name 萨德勒 sà dé lēi Sadler English name 塞奇 sāi qí Sage English name 萨尔 sà ěr Sal English name 萨拉查 sà lā chá Salazar English name 萨莉 sà lì Sallie English name 萨莉 sà lì Sally English name 萨洛米 sà luò mǐ Salome English name 索尔特 suǒ ěr tè Salter English name 萨曼莎 sà màn shā Sam English name 萨曼莎 sà màn shā Samantha English name 萨米 sà mǐ Sami English name 萨米 sà mǐ Sammie English name 萨米 sà mǐ Sammy English name 桑普尔 sāng pǔ ěr Sample English name 桑普森 sāng pǔ sēn Sampson English name 萨姆斯 sà mǔ sī Sams English name 塞缪尔 sāi móu ěr Samuel English name 塞缪尔斯 sāi móu ěr sī Samuels English name 桑切斯 sāng qiè sī Sanchez English name 桑德斯 sāng dé sī Sanders English name 桑德森 sāng dé sēn Sanderson English name 桑德拉 sāng dé lā Sandra English name 桑兹 sāng zī Sands English name 桑迪 sāng dí Sandy English name 桑福德 sāng fú dé Sanford English name 萨拉 sà lā Sara English name 莎拉 shā lā Sarah English name 萨金特 sà jīn tè Sargent English name 索尔 suǒ ěr Saul English name 桑德斯 sāng dé sī Saunders English name 萨维奇 sà wéi qí Savage English name 萨瓦纳 sà wǎ nà Savannah English name 索耶 suǒ yé Sawyer

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.