任夏悦 Rén Xiàyuè
- 任 rén Family name
- 夏 xià summer
- 悦 yuè pleased
任 is a common family name; 夏 and 悦 echo xià yán, how Chinese begins Cheyenne (夏延).

夏延 Xiàyán
我叫夏延。 Wǒ jiào Xiàyán. My name is Cheyenne.
Cheyenne en chino se escribe 夏延 (Xiàyán).
任夏悦 Rén Xiàyuè
任 is a common family name; 夏 and 悦 echo xià yán, how Chinese begins Cheyenne (夏延).
石霞燕 Shí Xiáyàn
石 is a common family name; 霞 and 燕 echo xià yán, how Chinese begins Cheyenne (夏延).
孔晓妍 Kǒng Xiǎoyán
孔 is a common family name; 晓 and 妍 echo xià yán, how Chinese begins Cheyenne (夏延).
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Cheyenne is 夏延 (Xiàyán) in Chinese. To say “My name is Cheyenne”, say 我叫夏延 (Wǒ jiào Xiàyán).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 夏延 for how it sounds, Xiàyán, close to Cheyenne. On its own, 夏 means summer and 延 to prolong.
Cheyenne is written 夏延, 2 characters: 夏 (10 strokes), 延 (6 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.