倪健毅 Ní Jiànyì
- 倪 ní Family name
- 健 jiàn healthy
- 毅 yì resolute
倪 is a common family name; 健 and 毅 echo jié yī, how Chinese begins Jay (杰伊).

杰伊 Jiéyī
我叫杰伊。 Wǒ jiào Jiéyī. My name is Jay.
Jay en chino se escribe 杰伊 (Jiéyī).
倪健毅 Ní Jiànyì
倪 is a common family name; 健 and 毅 echo jié yī, how Chinese begins Jay (杰伊).
王杰艺 Wáng Jiéyì
王 is a common family name; 杰 and 艺 echo jié yī, how Chinese begins Jay (杰伊).
李健逸 Lǐ Jiànyì
李 is a common family name; 健 and 逸 echo jié yī, how Chinese begins Jay (杰伊).
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Jay is 杰伊 (Jiéyī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jay”, say 我叫杰伊 (Wǒ jiào Jiéyī).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 杰伊 for how it sounds, Jiéyī, close to Jay. On its own, 杰 means outstanding person.
Jay is written 杰伊, 2 characters: 杰 (8 strokes), 伊 (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.