安奥德 Ān Àodé
- 安 ān Family name
- 奥 ào profound
- 德 dé virtue
安 is a common family name; 奥 and 德 echo āi dé, how Chinese begins Edgar (埃德加).
埃德加 Āidéjiā
我叫埃德加。 Wǒ jiào Āidéjiā. My name is Edgar.
安奥德 Ān Àodé
安 is a common family name; 奥 and 德 echo āi dé, how Chinese begins Edgar (埃德加).
倪奥达 Ní Àodá
倪 is a common family name; 奥 and 达 echo āi dé, how Chinese begins Edgar (埃德加).
王安笛 Wáng Āndí
王 is a common family name; 安 and 笛 echo āi dé, how Chinese begins Edgar (埃德加).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Edgar is 埃德加 (Āidéjiā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Edgar”, say 我叫埃德加 (Wǒ jiào Āidéjiā).
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.