倪达恩 Ní Dá'ēn
- 倪 ní Family name
- 达 dá to reach
- 恩 ēn kindness
倪 is a common family name; 达 and 恩 echo dào ěr, how Chinese begins Dalton (道尔顿).

道尔顿 Dào'ěrdùn
我叫道尔顿。 Wǒ jiào Dào'ěrdùn. My name is Dalton.
Dalton en chino se escribe 道尔顿 (Dào'ěrdùn).
倪达恩 Ní Dá'ēn
倪 is a common family name; 达 and 恩 echo dào ěr, how Chinese begins Dalton (道尔顿).
王东奥 Wáng Dōng'ào
王 is a common family name; 东 and 奥 echo dào ěr, how Chinese begins Dalton (道尔顿).
李德恩 Lǐ Dé'ēn
李 is a common family name; 德 and 恩 echo dào ěr, how Chinese begins Dalton (道尔顿).
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Dalton is 道尔顿 (Dào'ěrdùn) in Chinese. To say “My name is Dalton”, say 我叫道尔顿 (Wǒ jiào Dào'ěrdùn).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 道尔顿 for how it sounds, Dào'ěrdùn, close to Dalton. On its own, 道 means road and 顿 to pause.
Dalton is written 道尔顿, 3 characters: 道 (12 strokes), 尔 (5 strokes), 顿 (10 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.