马可黎 Mǎ Kělí
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 可 kě can
- 黎 lí multitude
马 is a common family name; 可 and 黎 echo kǎi lì, how Chinese begins Kelli (凯莉).

凯莉 Kǎilì
我叫凯莉。 Wǒ jiào Kǎilì. My name is Kelli.
Kelli en chino se escribe 凯莉 (Kǎilì).
马可黎 Mǎ Kělí
马 is a common family name; 可 and 黎 echo kǎi lì, how Chinese begins Kelli (凯莉).
郭宽林 Guō Kuānlín
郭 is a common family name; 宽 and 林 echo kǎi lì, how Chinese begins Kelli (凯莉).
谢珂丽 Xiè Kēlì
谢 is a common family name; 珂 and 丽 echo kǎi lì, how Chinese begins Kelli (凯莉).
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Kelli is 凯莉 (Kǎilì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Kelli”, say 我叫凯莉 (Wǒ jiào Kǎilì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 凯莉 for how it sounds, Kǎilì, close to Kelli. On its own, 凯 means triumphant.
Kelli is written 凯莉, 2 characters: 凯 (8 strokes), 莉 (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.