安杰帆 Ān Jiéfān
- 安 ān Family name
- 杰 jié outstanding person
- 帆 fān sail
安 is a common family name; 杰 and 帆 echo jié fú, how Chinese begins Jeffery (杰弗里).

杰弗里 Jiéfúlǐ
我叫杰弗里。 Wǒ jiào Jiéfúlǐ. My name is Jeffery.
Jeffery en chino se escribe 杰弗里 (Jiéfúlǐ).
Jeffrey is written 杰弗里 too.
安杰帆 Ān Jiéfān
安 is a common family name; 杰 and 帆 echo jié fú, how Chinese begins Jeffery (杰弗里).
倪健福 Ní Jiànfú
倪 is a common family name; 健 and 福 echo jié fú, how Chinese begins Jeffery (杰弗里).
王杰锋 Wáng Jiéfēng
王 is a common family name; 杰 and 锋 echo jié fú, how Chinese begins Jeffery (杰弗里).
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Jeffery is 杰弗里 (Jiéfúlǐ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Jeffery”, say 我叫杰弗里 (Wǒ jiào Jiéfúlǐ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 杰弗里 for how it sounds, Jiéfúlǐ, close to Jeffery. On its own, 杰 means outstanding person and 里 inside.
Jeffery is written 杰弗里, 3 characters: 杰 (8 strokes), 弗 (5 strokes), 里 (7 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.