谢蓓岚 Xiè Bèilán
- 谢 xiè Family name
- 蓓 bèi flower bud
- 岚 lán mountain mist
谢 is a common family name; 蓓 and 岚 echo bù liè, how Chinese begins Brittany (布列塔尼).

布列塔尼 Bùliètǎní
我叫布列塔尼。 Wǒ jiào Bùliètǎní. My name is Brittany.
Brittany en chino se escribe 布列塔尼 (Bùliètǎní).
谢蓓岚 Xiè Bèilán
谢 is a common family name; 蓓 and 岚 echo bù liè, how Chinese begins Brittany (布列塔尼).
唐本蕾 Táng Běnlěi
唐 is a common family name; 本 and 蕾 echo bù liè, how Chinese begins Brittany (布列塔尼).
冯宝乐 Féng Bǎolè
冯 is a common family name; 宝 and 乐 echo bù liè, how Chinese begins Brittany (布列塔尼).
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Brittany is 布列塔尼 (Bùliètǎní) in Chinese. To say “My name is Brittany”, say 我叫布列塔尼 (Wǒ jiào Bùliètǎní).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 布列塔尼 for how it sounds, Bùliètǎní, close to Brittany. On its own, 布 means cloth, 列 to arrange, 塔 pagoda and 尼 Buddhist nun.
Brittany is written 布列塔尼, 4 characters: 布 (5 strokes), 列 (6 strokes), 塔 (12 strokes), 尼 (5 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.