孔兰莉 Kǒng Lánlì
- 孔 kǒng Family name
- 兰 lán orchid
- 莉 lì jasmine
孔 is a common family name; 兰 and 莉 for Layla’s L.
莱拉 Láilā
我叫莱拉。 Wǒ jiào Láilā. My name is Layla.
孔兰莉 Kǒng Lánlì
孔 is a common family name; 兰 and 莉 for Layla’s L.
高莉丽 Gāo Lìlì
高 is a common family name; 莉 and 丽 for Layla’s L.
安林丽 Ān Línlì
安 is a common family name; 林 and 丽 for Layla’s L.
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Layla is 莱拉 (Láilā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Layla”, say 我叫莱拉 (Wǒ jiào Láilā).
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.
Pinyin chart: every syllable, all four tones. Chinese words: the HSK list, one page each. Read any Mandarin: point at a word for its meaning.
Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese writes some names more than one way.