--- title: "Erika in Chinese: 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ), Meaning and How to Write It" description: "Erika in Chinese is 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ), picked for its sound: 艾 mugwort, 丽 beautiful, 卡 card. Hear it, watch each stroke drawn, and get a Chinese-style name like 张安黎: 安 safe, 黎 multitude." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/erika" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- [Your name in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name) # Erika in Chinese 熊猫xióngmāopanda ## How Chinese writes Erika 艾丽卡 Àilìkǎ 我叫艾丽卡。 Wǒ jiào Àilìkǎ. My name is Erika. Erika en chino se escribe 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ). [Erica](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/erica) is written 艾丽卡 too. ## How to write 艾丽卡 1. [ài5 strokesmugwort](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E8%89%BE) 2. [lì7 strokesbeautiful](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E4%B8%BD) 3. [kǎ5 strokescard](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E5%8D%A1) ## Chinese-style names for Erika 张安黎 Zhāng Ānlí 1. 张 zhāng Family name 2. 安 ān safe 3. 黎 lí multitude 张 is a common family name; 安 and 黎 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erika (艾丽卡). 陈爱林 Chén Àilín 1. 陈 chén Family name 2. 爱 ài to love 3. 林 lín forest 陈 is a common family name; 爱 and 林 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erika (艾丽卡). 杨艾林 Yáng Àilín 1. 杨 yáng Family name 2. 艾 ài mugwort 3. 林 lín forest 杨 is a common family name; 艾 and 林 echo ài lì, how Chinese begins Erika (艾丽卡). Add your last name for a family name that matches it. ## A name seal for Erika ## More names - [Edward 爱德华](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/edward) - [Eric 埃里克](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/eric) - [Ethan 伊桑](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/ethan) - [Eugene 尤金](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/eugene) - [Evan 埃文](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/evan) - [Elizabeth 伊丽莎白](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/elizabeth) - [Emily 艾米丽](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/emily) - [Emma 艾玛](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/emma) - [Evelyn 伊芙琳](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/evelyn) - [Ella 艾拉](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/ella) - [Eva 伊娃](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/eva) - [Elena 埃琳娜](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/elena) HSK 1 · Now read them in a real story ## 我爸爸叫爸爸 How to say my name is in Chinese 中文怎么说名字？ 说“我叫”，后边是你的名字。 说“我的名字叫”“我的名字是”也对，可是中国人多说“我叫”。 中国人的名字，姓在前边，名字在后边。 [Keep reading](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-my-name-is-in-chinese#library-word-76-90) ## How do you say Erika in Chinese? Erika is 艾丽卡 (Àilìkǎ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Erika”, say 我叫艾丽卡 (Wǒ jiào Àilìkǎ). ## What does 艾丽卡 mean? Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 艾丽卡 for how it sounds, Àilìkǎ, close to Erika. On its own, 艾 means mugwort, 丽 beautiful and 卡 card. ## How do you write Erika in Chinese? Erika is written 艾丽卡, 3 characters: 艾 (5 strokes), 丽 (7 strokes), 卡 (5 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it. ## How does Chinese write English names? 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. ## What is a Chinese-style 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. ## Can I use this name? 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. ## More free tools - [Your name as a Chinese seal](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-seal-generator) - [Chinese name to pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name-to-pinyin) - [Chinese tattoo checker](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-tattoo-translator) - [Say hello in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings) - [Pinyin chart](https://mandarinthewild.com/pinyin-chart) - [Read any Mandarin](https://mandarinthewild.com/read) Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.