任本黎 Rén Běnlí
- 任 rén Family name
- 本 běn root
- 黎 lí multitude
任 is a common family name; 本 and 黎 echo bù lún, how Chinese begins Brendan (布伦丹).

布伦丹 Bùlúndān
我叫布伦丹。 Wǒ jiào Bùlúndān. My name is Brendan.
Brendan en chino se escribe 布伦丹 (Bùlúndān).
任本黎 Rén Běnlí
任 is a common family name; 本 and 黎 echo bù lún, how Chinese begins Brendan (布伦丹).
石宝朗 Shí Bǎolǎng
石 is a common family name; 宝 and 朗 echo bù lún, how Chinese begins Brendan (布伦丹).
孔博黎 Kǒng Bólí
孔 is a common family name; 博 and 黎 echo bù lún, how Chinese begins Brendan (布伦丹).
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Brendan is 布伦丹 (Bùlúndān) in Chinese. To say “My name is Brendan”, say 我叫布伦丹 (Wǒ jiào Bùlúndān).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 布伦丹 for how it sounds, Bùlúndān, close to Brendan. On its own, 布 means cloth, 伦 human relationships and 丹 red.
Brendan is written 布伦丹, 3 characters: 布 (5 strokes), 伦 (6 strokes), 丹 (4 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.