白艾黎 Bái Àilí
- 白 bái Family name
- 艾 ài mugwort
- 黎 lí multitude
白 is a common family name; 艾 and 黎 echo ài lún, how Chinese begins Ellen (艾伦).

艾伦 Àilún
我叫艾伦。 Wǒ jiào Àilún. My name is Ellen.
Ellen en chino se escribe 艾伦 (Àilún).
Alan is written 艾伦 too.
白艾黎 Bái Àilí
白 is a common family name; 艾 and 黎 echo ài lún, how Chinese begins Ellen (艾伦).
邱奥露 Qiū Àolù
邱 is a common family name; 奥 and 露 echo ài lún, how Chinese begins Ellen (艾伦).
安奥璐 Ān Àolù
安 is a common family name; 奥 and 璐 echo ài lún, how Chinese begins Ellen (艾伦).
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Ellen is 艾伦 (Àilún) in Chinese. To say “My name is Ellen”, say 我叫艾伦 (Wǒ jiào Àilún).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 艾伦 for how it sounds, Àilún, close to Ellen. On its own, 艾 means mugwort and 伦 human relationships.
Ellen is written 艾伦, 2 characters: 艾 (5 strokes), 伦 (6 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.