黄珂兰 Huáng Kēlán
- 黄 huáng Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 兰 lán orchid
黄 is a common family name; 珂 and 兰 echo kǎ lā, how Chinese begins Carla (卡拉).

卡拉 Kǎlā
我叫卡拉。 Wǒ jiào Kǎlā. My name is Carla.
Carla en chino se escribe 卡拉 (Kǎlā).
黄珂兰 Huáng Kēlán
黄 is a common family name; 珂 and 兰 echo kǎ lā, how Chinese begins Carla (卡拉).
孙可岚 Sūn Kělán
孙 is a common family name; 可 and 岚 echo kǎ lā, how Chinese begins Carla (卡拉).
马宽兰 Mǎ Kuānlán
马 is a common family name; 宽 and 兰 echo kǎ lā, how Chinese begins Carla (卡拉).
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Carla is 卡拉 (Kǎlā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Carla”, say 我叫卡拉 (Wǒ jiào Kǎlā).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 卡拉 for how it sounds, Kǎlā, close to Carla. On its own, 卡 means card and 拉 to pull.
Carla is written 卡拉, 2 characters: 卡 (5 strokes), 拉 (8 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.