孙德凯 Sūn Dékǎi
- 孙 sūn Family name
- 德 dé virtue
- 凯 kǎi triumphant
孙 is a common family name; 德 and 凯 echo dé kè, how Chinese begins Declan (德克兰).
德克兰 Dékèlán
我叫德克兰。 Wǒ jiào Dékèlán. My name is Declan.
孙德凯 Sūn Dékǎi
孙 is a common family name; 德 and 凯 echo dé kè, how Chinese begins Declan (德克兰).
马达康 Mǎ Dákāng
马 is a common family name; 达 and 康 echo dé kè, how Chinese begins Declan (德克兰).
郭迪恺 Guō Díkǎi
郭 is a common family name; 迪 and 恺 echo dé kè, how Chinese begins Declan (德克兰).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Declan is 德克兰 (Dékèlán) in Chinese. To say “My name is Declan”, say 我叫德克兰 (Wǒ jiào Dékèlán).
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.