倪达明 Ní Dámíng
- 倪 ní Family name
- 达 dá to reach
- 明 míng bright
倪 is a common family name; 达 and 明 echo dá mǐ, how Chinese begins Damian (达米安).
达米安 Dámǐ'ān
我叫达米安。 Wǒ jiào Dámǐ'ān. My name is Damian.
倪达明 Ní Dámíng
倪 is a common family name; 达 and 明 echo dá mǐ, how Chinese begins Damian (达米安).
王东萌 Wáng Dōngméng
王 is a common family name; 东 and 萌 echo dá mǐ, how Chinese begins Damian (达米安).
李德明 Lǐ Démíng
李 is a common family name; 德 and 明 echo dá mǐ, how Chinese begins Damian (达米安).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Damian is 达米安 (Dámǐ'ān) in Chinese. To say “My name is Damian”, say 我叫达米安 (Wǒ jiào Dámǐ'ān).
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.