任可兰 Rén Kělán
- 任 rén Family name
- 可 kě can
- 兰 lán orchid
任 is a common family name; 可 and 兰 echo kè láo, how Chinese begins Claudia (克劳迪娅).

克劳迪娅 Kèláodíyà
我叫克劳迪娅。 Wǒ jiào Kèláodíyà. My name is Claudia.
Claudia en chino se escribe 克劳迪娅 (Kèláodíyà).
任可兰 Rén Kělán
任 is a common family name; 可 and 兰 echo kè láo, how Chinese begins Claudia (克劳迪娅).
石珂岚 Shí Kēlán
石 is a common family name; 珂 and 岚 echo kè láo, how Chinese begins Claudia (克劳迪娅).
孔可兰 Kǒng Kělán
孔 is a common family name; 可 and 兰 echo kè láo, how Chinese begins Claudia (克劳迪娅).
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Claudia is 克劳迪娅 (Kèláodíyà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Claudia”, say 我叫克劳迪娅 (Wǒ jiào Kèláodíyà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 克劳迪娅 for how it sounds, Kèláodíyà, close to Claudia. On its own, 克 means gram and 劳 labor.
Claudia is written 克劳迪娅, 4 characters: 克 (7 strokes), 劳 (7 strokes), 迪 (8 strokes), 娅 (9 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.