孔爱丽 Kǒng Àilì
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 爱 ài to love
- 丽 lì beautiful
孔 is a common family name; 爱 and 丽 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Ariel (爱丽儿).

爱丽儿 Àilì'ér
我叫爱丽儿。 Wǒ jiào Àilì'ér. My name is Ariel.
Ariel en chino se escribe 爱丽儿 (Àilì'ér).
孔爱丽 Kǒng Àilì
孔 is a common family name; 爱 and 丽 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Ariel (爱丽儿).
白艾林 Bái Àilín
白 is a common family name; 艾 and 林 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Ariel (爱丽儿).
邱奥琳 Qiū Àolín
邱 is a common family name; 奥 and 琳 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Ariel (爱丽儿).
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Ariel is 爱丽儿 (Àilì'ér) in Chinese. To say “My name is Ariel”, say 我叫爱丽儿 (Wǒ jiào Àilì'ér).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 爱丽儿 for how it sounds, Àilì'ér, close to Ariel. On its own, 爱 means to love, 丽 beautiful and 儿 son.
Ariel is written 爱丽儿, 3 characters: 爱 (10 strokes), 丽 (7 strokes), 儿 (2 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.