孔达文 Kǒng Dáwén
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 达 dá to reach
- 文 wén writing
孔 is a common family name; 达 and 文 echo dé wén, how Chinese begins Devin (德文).

德文 Déwén
我叫德文。 Wǒ jiào Déwén. My name is Devin.
Devin en chino se escribe 德文 (Déwén).
Devon is written 德文 too.
孔达文 Kǒng Dáwén
孔 is a common family name; 达 and 文 echo dé wén, how Chinese begins Devin (德文).
白迪伟 Bái Díwěi
白 is a common family name; 迪 and 伟 echo dé wén, how Chinese begins Devin (德文).
邱笛巍 Qiū Díwēi
邱 is a common family name; 笛 and 巍 echo dé wén, how Chinese begins Devin (德文).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
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Devin is 德文 (Déwén) in Chinese. To say “My name is Devin”, say 我叫德文 (Wǒ jiào Déwén).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 德文 for how it sounds, Déwén, close to Devin. On its own, 德 means virtue and 文 writing.
Devin is written 德文, 2 characters: 德 (15 strokes), 文 (4 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.