American Names in Mandarin!

Hi all!

Whenever I meet a new person, and he/she discovers that I speak Mandarin, one question always pops up during a conversation: “So… how do you say my name in Chinese?”

So, today, we’ll be discussing American names in Chinese! Many of you may like to know what your name is is another language, so here are some of the most common names in Chinese!

Female names:

Caroline 卡罗琳 (Kǎ luó lín)

Amy  艾美 (Aì měi)

Sally 莎莉 (Shā lì)

Nicole 尼科尔 (Ní kē ěr)

Rebecca 瑞贝卡 (Ruì bèi kǎ)

Kelly 凯莉 (Kǎi lì)

Isabella  伊萨贝拉 (Yī sà bèi lā)

Mary 玛丽 (Mǎ lì)

Helen 海伦 (Hǎi lún)

Jennifer 珍尼弗 (Zhēn ní fú)

Sophia 苏菲娅 (Sū fēi yà)

Emma 艾玛 (Aì mǎ)

Elizabeth  伊丽莎白 (Yī lì shā bái)

Emily 艾米莉 (Aì mǐ lì)

Sarah 莎拉 (Shā lā)

Julie 朱丽 (Zhū lì)

Julia 朱丽娅 (Zhū lì yǎ)

Eve 夏娃 (Xià wá)

 

Male names:

William 威廉 (Wēi li án)

Thomas  汤玛士 (Tāngmǎshì)

Michael 麦克 (Mài kè)

Jack 杰克 (Jié kè)

John 约翰 (Yuē hàn)

Steven 史蒂文 (Shǐ dì wén)

Andrew 安德鲁 (Ān dé lǔ)

Kevin 凯文 (Kǎi wén)

David 凯文 (Kǎi wén)

Patrick 派翠克 (Pài cuì kè)

Anthony 安东尼 (Ān dōng ní)

Matthew 马修 (Mǎ xiū)

James 詹姆斯 (Zhān mǔ sī)

Benjamin 班杰明 (Bān jié míng)

Christopher 克来斯多夫 (Kè lái sī duō fū)

Albert 亚伯特 (Yà bó tè)

Jason 杰森 (Jié sēn)

Adam 亚当 (Yà dāng)

 

Notice how the Chinese pronunciations of the American names are very similar to the names themselves, as the pronunciations are what the translations are based on.

Hopefully, your name was mentioned in the above listing of translations! If not, please comment below on which American names you would like to find out in Chinese!

Until next week! 🙂

再见！

~卡罗琳