曾杰雷 Zēng Jiéléi
- 曾 zēng Family name
- 杰 jié outstanding person
- 雷 léi thunder
曾 is a common family name; 杰 and 雷 echo jiā lè, how Chinese begins Garrett (加勒特).

加勒特 Jiālètè
我叫加勒特。 Wǒ jiào Jiālètè. My name is Garrett.
Garrett en chino se escribe 加勒特 (Jiālètè).
曾杰雷 Zēng Jiéléi
曾 is a common family name; 杰 and 雷 echo jiā lè, how Chinese begins Garrett (加勒特).
邓健磊 Dèng Jiànlěi
邓 is a common family name; 健 and 磊 echo jiā lè, how Chinese begins Garrett (加勒特).
曹嘉乐 Cáo Jiālè
曹 is a common family name; 嘉 and 乐 echo jiā lè, how Chinese begins Garrett (加勒特).
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Garrett is 加勒特 (Jiālètè) in Chinese. To say “My name is Garrett”, say 我叫加勒特 (Wǒ jiào Jiālètè).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 加勒特 for how it sounds, Jiālètè, close to Garrett. On its own, 加 means to add, 勒 to rein in and 特 special.
Garrett is written 加勒特, 3 characters: 加 (5 strokes), 勒 (11 strokes), 特 (10 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.