How to say and write my name in Chinese (male names)

In this post I have provided a list of English to Chinese translations of male English names, each with audio pronunciation you can listen to and animations showing how to write the characters, so you can be sure you know how to pronounce and write your name correctly.

Beside every name there is a little speaker and pencil icon, like this:
“Tom” in Chinese is Tāng

  • Click on the speaker to listen to your name spoken
  • Click on the pencil to see an animation of how to write your name

Be sure to check out our post on writing female names in Chinese.

There are a few shortcomings of directly translating foreign names to Chinese, which I will explain first.

  • Foreign names are translated to Chinese phonetically, meaning based on how they sound, not based on any meaning that your name may have in English. For example “Mary” in Chinese is written as , where there character is pronounced as “mǎ” and the character is pronounced as “lì” in Chinese.
  • A “middle dot” character is often used when separating characters in non-Chinese names, a middle dot being just like a normal full stop or period but is vertically in the middle of the character like·this (can·you·see·the·small·dot?). As an example the name “William Shakespeare” is Wēilián··Shāshì (wēilián·shāshìbǐyǎ); you can see there is a middle dot between “William” Wēilián (wēilián) and “Shakespeare” is Shāshì (shāshìbǐyǎ). It is much clearer with the middle dot no only which characters belong to each other, but also it makes it obvious that this is a foreign name.
  • Chinese does not have the same sounds as English, thus the Chinese pronunciation of your name will sound a bit unusual. Continuing with the example of the name “Mary”, there is no suitable character for “ry”, thus “li” is used instead, making the name “Mali” rather than “Mary”.
  • Many characters in Chinese have exactly the same pronunciation or a similar pronunciation whereby the sound is the same but the tone is different. You could technically use any character you like which has the appropriate sound, however most common foreign names have common pronunciation. As an example Mary could be written as , which has exactly the same pronunciation as , that is “mǎlì”, however this would be a bit strange due to it’s meaning – see my next point below.
  • The Chinese characters that are chosen for a name typically are selected because they carry a good meaning. Taking the name “Mary” and its Chinese translation of , here means “agate” rock, some consider a healing stone, and means beautiful. If you had decided to instead translate Mary as [ras say=”马力”], the pronunciation would have been the same as [ras say=”玛丽”], however the meaning is actually “horsepower”, which I think you’d agree isn’t a good translation.
  • Chinese names are normally two or three characters, where the first character is the surname and the other one or two characters are the given name. For example ZhōuEnlái (zhōu ēnlái) , who was first Premier of the Peoples Republic of China. His surname is zhōu (zhōu) and given name is ēnlái (ēnlái). In English you might write his name with the given name first followed by the surname, that is “Enlai  Zhou”. Note however that ēnlái “Enlai” is the whole given name and should not broken down as a first (ēn) and middle name (lái). The translation of an English name to Chinese does not fit this format, as including the surname and the given name would make your name very long, thus usually just a given name is translated.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Aaron ālóng ā lóng
Abadie A ā bā dí
Abel Abèi'ěr ā bèi’ěr
Abigail AGài'ěr ā bǐ gài ěr
Abraham hǎn yàbólāhǎn
Achille ā'ěr ā xī ěr
Adam dāng yàdāng
Adolf ādào ādàofū
Adrian āān ā délǐ ān
Adrien āān ā délǐ ān
Aki ā ā jī
Alan Alán ālán
Alban āěrběn ā’ěr běn
Albert A'ěr ā’ěr bó tè
Alec āléi ā léi kè
Alen Alún ā lún
Alex āliè ā liè kè sī
Alexander shān yàlìshāndà
Alexandre shān yàlìshāndà
Alfonso āfāngsuǒ ā fāng suǒ
Alfred āěrléi ā’ěr fú léi dé
Alix A ālǐ kè sī
Allan Alán ālán
Allen Alún ā lún
Allison āisēn āi lǐ sēn
Amadeo ā ā mǎ dé ào
Amedeo āde ā mǐ de ào
Andelin ānlín ān dé lín
Andre Anliè ān dé liè
Andrew An āndélǔ
Andy ān ān dí
Anthony Andōng āndōngní
Antonio Andōng āndōngní’ào
Antony Andōng āndōngní
Apollon Aluó ābō luó
Ariel liè yà liè
Aris A ālǐsī
Arnold āěrnuò ā’ěr nuò dé
Arthur A ā sè
Aston ādùn ā sī dùn
August ào gǔ sī tè
Austin tīng àosītīng
Axel āěr ā kè sè ěr
Ayrton ādùn ā yī dùn

B

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Balthasar 'ěr bā’ěr tǎ sà
Barry bā lì
Basile 西lēi bāxī lēi
Bastian ān bā sī dì ān
Bean bīn bīn
Ben běn běn
Benjamin Běnjiémíng běnjiémíng
Benny běn běn ní
Bernard bó nà dé
Bernie Bèi'ěr bèi’ěr ní
Bill 'ěr bǐ’ěr
Billo bǐ lú
Billy bǐ lì
Birger 'ěr bǐ’ěr gé
Blake lái bùláikè
Bob Bào bào bù
Bobby Bào bào bǐ
Booba bù bā
Boris Bào bào lǐsī
Brad bù lā dé
Brandan Lándān bù lán dān
Brandon lándēng bù lán dēng
Brendan Lándān bù lán dān
Brendon Lándēng bù lán dēng
Brent Lán bù lán tè
Brett léi bùléi tè
Brian lái'ēn bù lái’ēn
Bridie bù lǐ dí
Bruce bùlǔsī
Bryan lái'ēn bù lái’ēn
Byron Bàilún bài lún

C

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Caden dēng kǎ dēng
Calvin 'ěrwén kǎ’ěr wén
Cameron méilóng kǎ méi lóng
Carlone 'ěrlún kǎ’ěr lún
Carlos luò kǎ luòsī
Casey Kǎi西 kǎi xī
Casper pài kǎ sī pài
Cassey Kǎi西 kǎi xī
Cassidy kǎ xī dì
Cedric sāi sāi délǐ kè
Cesar 西 xī zé
Chad Chá chá dé
Charles cháér chá ér sī
Charley chá chá lì
Charlie chá chá lì
Charly chá chá lì
Chase Cài cài sī
Chico qí kē
Chris kè lǐsī
Christ jīdū
Christian 'ān kèlǐsīdì ān
Christo láiduō kè lái sī duō
Christopher láiduō kè lái sī duō fū
Claudy láo kè láo dí
Colin lín kē lín
Connor kāng kāng nà
Constantin kāngtǎndīng kāng sītǎn dīng
Cooper kù pò
Corentin lǎngtīng kē lǎng tīng
Corey kè lǐ
Cory kè lǐ
Craig léi kè léi gé
Cristian 'ān kèlǐsīdì ān
Curtis kē dì sī
Cyril 西'ěr xīlǐ ěr

D

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Dallas dálāsī
Damien ēn dá mǐ ēn
Damon dàiméng dài méng
Dan dān dān
Danny Dān dān ní
Dany Dān dān ní
Darcie ěr西 dá’ěr xī
Darcy ěr西 dá’ěr xī
Darian ān dá lǐ ān
Darrell ruì'ěr dá ruì ěr
Darren lún dá lún
Daryl 'ěr dá lǐ ěr
Dave dài dài fū
David wèi dà wèi
Davy wèi dà wèi
Dean ēn dí ēn
Dennis Dān dānnísī
Derek délǐ kè
Devis wéi dé wéi sī
Dimitri dí mǐ tè lǐ
Don Táng táng
Donald Táng tángnàdé
Donovan duōnuòwàn duō nuò wàn
Douglas Dào dàogélāsī
Duncan Dèngkěn dèngkěn
Dylan lún dí lún

E

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Eddy ài dí
Eden Diàn yī diàn
Edison āisēn āi dí sēn
Edmond méng āi dé méng
Edward huá àidéhuá
Elian liáng yī liáng
Elias āi āi lì yǎ sī
Elie yīlì
Elio āi āi lì ào
Eliott lüè ài lüè tè
Elliot lüè ài lüè tè
Elliott lüè ài lüè tè
Elton āiěrdùn āi ěr dùn
Elvin āiěrwēn āi ěr wēn
Elvis āiěrwéi āi ěr wéi sī
Emer Yǐnměiěr yǐn měi ěr
Emerick āi āi mò lǐ kè
Enzo ēnzuǒ ēn zuǒ
Erasmo āi āi lā sī mò
Eric ài lǐ kè
Erwan wàn ài wàn
Erwann wàn ài wàn
Erwin āiěrwēn āi ěr wēn
Ethan sāng yī sāng
Eugene yóujīn yóu jīn
Evan wàn yī wàn
Evans wén āi wén sī
Evens wén yīwén sī

F

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Felix Fèi fèi lìkè sī
Flavio wéi fú lā wéi ào
Forest léi fú léi sī tè
Fox fúkèsī
Francis lǎng西 fúlǎngxīsī
Franck Lán fù lán kè
Francklin lánlín fùlánkèlín
Frank lán fúlánkè
Frankie lán fúlánkè
Franklin lánlín fùlánkèlín
Franky lán fúlánkè
Frederic léi fú léi délǐ kè
Friday lái fú lái dá

G

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Gabriel jiāāiěr jiābùlǐ āi ěr
Gaby jiā jiā bǐ
Gael Gài'ěr gài ěr
Gail Gài'ěr gài ěr
Gally Jiā jiā lǐ
Garry Jiā jiā lǐ
Gary Jiā jiā lǐ
Gaspard jiā jiā sī pà dé
Gautier gē dì yé
Gavin Jiǎwén jiǎ wén
Gaye gài gài yī
Gaylord láo gé láo dé
Gemini Jié jié mǐ ní
Geoffrey Qiáoruì qiáo fú ruì
George Qiáozhì qiáozhì
Georges Qiáozhì qiáozhì sī
Geremy jiélēi jié lēi mǐ
Gerhard gé hā dé
Gilbert 'ěr jí’ěr bó tè
Gilberto ěrbèituō jí’ěr bèi tuō
Giles ěr jí’ěr sī
Gillian ān jílì’ān
Glenn lún gé lún
Graham léiè géléi è mǔ
Gregory léi géléi gē lǐ
Gus gǔ sī
Gypsy sài jípǔ sài

H

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Hadrien āān ā délǐ ān
Hans Hàn hàn sī
Harold āháo ā háo dé
Harrison sēn hālǐ sēn
Harry hā lì
Harvey wēi hā wēi
Hassan sāng hā sāng
Henri Hēng hēnglì
Henry Hēng hēnglì
Herbert hè bó tè
Homer hé mǎ
Howard Huòhuá huòhuádé
Hubert xiū xiū bó tè
Hudson sēn hā dé sēn
Hugo guǒ yǔ guǒ

I

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Iain ēn yī ēn
Ian ēn yī ēn
Ianis ān yī ān nísī
Iban bāng yī bāng
Ibrahim boxīn yì bo lā xīn
Ilan Lán yī lán
Ilhan Lán yī lán
Ilias yīlì yǎ sī
Isaac ài sà kè
Isis 西 yīxī sī
Ivan wàn yī wàn

J

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Jack Jié jiékè
Jackie Jié jiékè
Jacky Jié jiékè
Jacob yǎ gè bù
Jake Jié jiékè
James Zhān zhānmǔsī
Janick Jiǎ jiǎ níkè
Janne Jiǎ jiǎ nà
Jason jiésēn jié sēn
Jayson jiésēn jié sēn
Jeff Jié jié fū
Jefferson jiéFěixùn jiéfěixùn
Jeffrey jiéruì jié fú ruì
Jeremy Jiéruì jié ruì mǐ
Jerime jié jié lǐ mǔ
Jerome jiéLuó jié luō mǔ
Jerrod jiéLuó jié luō dé
Jerry jié jié lǐ
Jeshua Yuēshū yuē shū yà
Jess jié jié sī
Jesse Jié西 jié xī
Jessie Jié西 jié xī
Jesus yēsū
Jill ěr jí’ěr
Jilly jílì
Jim jímǔ
Jimi jímǐ
Jimmy jímǐ
Joachim yuēA yuē ā xī mǔ
Jocelin Qiáolín qiáo sīlín
Jocelyn Qiáolín qiáo sīlín
Joe Qiáo qiáo
Joel Qiáoěr qiáo ěr
Joey Qiáo qiáo yī
Johan Yuēhàn yuēhàn
Johann Qiáoān qiáo ān
John Yuēhàn yuēhàn
Johnny qiáng qiáng ní
Jonas Qiáo qiáo nà sī
Jonathan Qiáosēn qiáonàsēn
Jordan Qiáodān qiáodān
Joris Qiáo qiáo lǐsī
Joseph Yuē yuēsèfū
Joshua Yuēshū yuē shū yà
Joss Qiáo qiáo sī
Julian Zhū'ān zhū lì ān
Junior Zhūěr zhū ní ào ěr
Justin Jiǎtīng jiǎsītīng

K

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Kaden dēng kǎ dēng
Kako kǒu kǎ kǒu
Kanis kǎ nísī
Kanye kǎn kǎn yé
Kean qīn qīn
Keegan Kǎigān kǎi gān
Keith Kǎi kǎi sī
Kelian ān kè lǐ ān
Kendal kěněr kěn dá ěr
Kenneth kěn kěn nísī
Kenny kěn kěn ní
Kenth kěn kěn sī
Kentin kūntīng kūn tīng
Kenzo kěnzuǒ kěn zuǒ
Kerri Kǎiruì kǎi ruì
Kerry Kǎiruì kǎi ruì
Kevin Kǎiwén kǎi wén
Keziah Kǎixià kǎi xià
Khaled Léi hāléi dé
Kilian ān jílì ān
Killien ēn jílì ēn
Kurt 'ěr kù ěr tè
Kylan Lán jí lán
Kyle Kǎilēi kǎi lēi

L

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Lance Lán lán sī
Lauren láolún láo lún
Laurence Láolún láolúnsī
Lawrence Láolún láolúnsī
Lenin Lièníng lièníng
Lenny lán lán ní
Leopold lì ào bō dé
Liam lì yǎ mǔ
Lillian ān lì lì ān
Linton líndùn lín dùn
Liroye Luó lì luō yī
Lisandru sāng lì sāng dé lǔ
Loick Luó luō yī kè
Lorin Luólín luō lín
Louie lùyì
Lowen Luówén luō wén
Lucas lú kǎ sī
Ludwig wéi lù dé wéi xī
Luigi lùyì jí
Luka lú kǎ
Luke lú kè

M

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Maike Mài màikè
Malcolm ěr mǎ’ěr kē mǔ
Manuel mànāiěr màn nǔ āi ěr
Marco ěrkòu mǎ’ěr kòu
Marcos mǎ kēsī
Marcus 'ěr mǎ’ěr kù sī
Mark mǎkè
Marlon lèng mǎ lèng
Marshall xiē'ěr mǎxiē’ěr
Martin dīng mǎdīng
Martine tíng mǎ tíng
Marvin wén mǎ wén
Mathieu xiū mǎ xiū
Mathis mǎ xī sī
Matt mǎ tè
Matthew xiū mǎ xiū
Mattis mǎ dì sī
Matty mǎ dí
Max mǎkèsī
Maxance sāng mǎkè sāng sī
Maximus mǎkèsī mǔ sī
Maxwell Màiwéi màikèsīwéi
Meaghan gān mǐ gān
Melchior méiěrQiū méi ěr qiū
Melvin méiěrwén méi ěr wén
Melvyn méiěrwén méi ěr wén
Messon màisēn mài sēn
Michael Màiěr màikè ěr
Mick mǐ kè
Mickey mǐ jī
Mike Mài màikè
Mitch mǐqí
Mitchell qièěr mǐ qiè ěr
Morgan gēn mógēn
Morris mò lǐsī
Mos máo máo sī
Moses 西 móxī

N

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Napoléon lún nápòlún
Nathan nèisēn nèi sēn
Neel ěr ní ěr
Neil ěr ní ěr
Nelson 'ěrsēn ní’ěrsēn
Neo ōu ní ōu
Nestor nèi nèi sī tè
Nicholas nígǔlāsī
Nick níkè
Nicolas nígǔlāsī
Niko níkè
Nils ěr ní ěr sī
Noa nuòā nuò ā
Noah nuòā nuò ā
Noam nuòā nuò ā mǔ
Noe nuò nuò yī
Noel nuòěr nuò’ěr
Norbert nuò nuò bó tè
Normand nuòmàn nuò màn dé
Noshua nuòshūā nuò shū ā
Nyall ěr ní yǎ ěr

O

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Oliver àolìfú
Orlando lánduō àolánduō
Oscar àosīkǎ
Owain wén ōuwén
Owen wén ōuwén

P

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Parker pàkè
Patrice pà tè lǐsī
Patrick pàicuì pài cuì kè
Patris pà tè lǐ sī
Paul Bǎoluó bǎoluó
Pedro pèiLuó pèi dé luó
Perry pèiruì pèi ruì
Peter bǐdé
Philip fēi fēi lì pǔ
Philippe fēi fēi lì pǔ
Phillipe fēi fēi lì pǔ
Phoenix Fēi fēiníkèsī
Pierce 'ěr pí’ěrsī

Q

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Quentin kūntīng kūn tīng

R

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Rafael fěi'ěr lā fěi ěr
Ralph 'ěr lā ěr fū
Ramon méng lā méng
Randall Lándàoěr lán dào ěr
Randy Lán lán dí
Ray léi léi
Raymond Léiméng léi méng dé
Rayner léi léi nà
Reed liède liè dé
Reidar ruì ruì dá
Renan lēinán lēi nán
René lēinèi lēi nèi
Reynald léiEr léi nà ěr dé
Rhys lái lái sī
Richard chá lǐ chá
Richie lǐ qí
Rick lǐ kè
Ricky ruì ruì qí
Rico kòu lì kòu
Riley lái lái lì
Ringo lín lín gē
Roan Luóān luó ān
Robbie Luó luō bǐ
Robert Luó luōbótè
Roberto Luótuō luō bó tuō
Robin Luóbīn luō bīn
Robinson Luóbīnxùn luōbīnxùn
Robyn Luóbīn luō bīn
Roch Luò luòkè
Roger Luójié luō jié
Roland Luólán luólán
Roman Luómàn luómàn
Romeo Luó'ōu luōmì’ōu
Ronald Luó luō nà dé
Ronan Luónán luō nán
Ronnie Luó luō ní
Ronny Luó luō ní
Ross Luó luósī
Roy Luó luō yī
Ruben běn lǔ běn
Rubens běn lǔ běn sī
Rudy lǔ dí
Ryan ruìēn ruì ēn

S

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Sacha shā sà shā
Sam shān shānmǔ
Samuel miùěr sà miù ěr
Samy sà mǐ
Scott kǎo sī kǎo tè
Sean Xiāo'ēn xiào ēn
Sebastian sàiān sài bā sī dì ān
Sergio sāiěr sài ěr jí ào
Sidney xī dé ní
Sly lái sī lái
Smith Shǐ shǐmìsī
Socrate sū gélā dǐ
Socrates sū gélā dǐ
Sonny Suǒ suǒní
Sony Suǒ suǒní
Spike Pài sī pàikè
Stanislas tǎn sītǎn nísī lā sī
Steeve sī dì fū
Steeven Shǐwén shǐ dì wén
Stefan fán sī tè fán
Stephen fēn sīdìfēn
Steve sī dì fū
Steven Shǐwén shǐ dì wén
Stevens Shǐwén shǐ dì wén sī
Stevie Shǐ shǐ dì fū
Stewart 'ěr sītú’ěrtè
Sullivan shāwén shā lìwén
Swan wàn sī wàn
Swann wàn sī wàn
Sylvestre 西ěrwéi xī ěr wéi sī tè

T

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Tansel Qínsài tán sài
Taylor Tài tàilēi
Ted Tài tài dé
Teddy Tài tài dí
Tegan Tàigān tài gān
Tennessee Tián西 tiánnàxī
Terri Tàiruì tài ruì
Terry ruì tè ruì
Theo tí ào
Theodore 西duō xī ào duō
Tim dì mǔ
Timothee 西 dì mò xī
Timothy 西 dì mò xī
Toby tuō tuō bǐ
Tod tuō tuō dé
Tom Tāng tāngmǔ
Tommy tuō tuō mǐ
Toni tuō tuōní
Tony tuō tuōní
Trevor léi tè léi fú
Troy luò tèluòyī
Turner tè nà
Tyco Tài tài kē

U

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Umberto wēngbèituō wēng bèi tuō

V

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Vergil Wéi'ěr wéi jí’ěr
Vincent wénsēn wén sēn tè
Virgil Wéi'ěr wéi jí’ěr

W

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Waël āilēi wǎ āi lēi
Wallace huáláishì huá lái shì
Walter ěr wò’ērtè
Wayne Wéiēn wěi ēn
Werner wéiěr wéi’ěr nà
Wes Wéi wéi sī
Wesley Wéi wéi sī lì
Wilfrid wēiěr wēi ěr fú lǐ dé
Wilfried wēiěr wēi ěr fú lǐ dé
Will wēiěr wēi ěr
William Wēilián wēilián
Williams Wēilián wēilián sī
Willy wéi wéi lì
Wilson Wēi'ěrxùn wēi’ěrxùn

X

Y

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Yanis yà nísī
Yaniss yà nísī
Yann ēn yǎ ēn
Yannis yà nísī
Yonathan yóutǎn yóu nà tǎn
Yuri yóu yóulí

Z

English Chinese Pronunciation (Pinyin)
Zac zhā zhā kè
Zachary zhā zhā kǎ lǐ
Zephyr fēiěr zé fēi ěr