郭珂琳 Guō Kēlín
- 郭 guō Family name
- 珂 kē jade-like stone
- 琳 lín fine jade
郭 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kè lì, how Chinese begins Krista (克丽斯塔).

克丽斯塔 Kèlìsītǎ
我叫克丽斯塔。 Wǒ jiào Kèlìsītǎ. My name is Krista.
Krista en chino se escribe 克丽斯塔 (Kèlìsītǎ).
郭珂琳 Guō Kēlín
郭 is a common family name; 珂 and 琳 echo kè lì, how Chinese begins Krista (克丽斯塔).
谢可黎 Xiè Kělí
谢 is a common family name; 可 and 黎 echo kè lì, how Chinese begins Krista (克丽斯塔).
唐珂林 Táng Kēlín
唐 is a common family name; 珂 and 林 echo kè lì, how Chinese begins Krista (克丽斯塔).
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Krista is 克丽斯塔 (Kèlìsītǎ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Krista”, say 我叫克丽斯塔 (Wǒ jiào Kèlìsītǎ).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 克丽斯塔 for how it sounds, Kèlìsītǎ, close to Krista. On its own, 克 means gram, 丽 beautiful and 塔 pagoda.
Krista is written 克丽斯塔, 4 characters: 克 (7 strokes), 丽 (7 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 塔 (12 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.