--- title: "Maxwell in Chinese: 马克斯韦尔 (Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr), Meaning and How to Write It" description: "Maxwell in Chinese is 马克斯韦尔 (Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr), picked for its sound: 马 horse, 克 gram. Hear it, watch each stroke drawn, and get a Chinese-style name like 任墨可: 墨 ink, 可 can." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/maxwell" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- [Your name in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name) # Maxwell in Chinese 熊猫xióngmāopanda ## How Chinese writes Maxwell 马克斯韦尔 Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr 我叫马克斯韦尔。 Wǒ jiào Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr. My name is Maxwell. Maxwell en chino se escribe 马克斯韦尔 (Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr). ## How to write 马克斯韦尔 1. [mǎ3 strokeshorse](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E9%A9%AC) 2. [kè7 strokesgram](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E5%85%8B) 3. [sī12 strokes](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E6%96%AF) 4. [wéi4 strokes](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E9%9F%A6) 5. [ěr5 strokes](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E5%B0%94) ## Chinese-style names for Maxwell 任墨可 Rén Mòkě 1. 任 rén Family name 2. 墨 mò ink 3. 可 kě can 任 is a common family name; 墨 and 可 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Maxwell (马克斯韦尔). 石萌凯 Shí Méngkǎi 1. 石 shí Family name 2. 萌 méng to sprout 3. 凯 kǎi triumphant 石 is a common family name; 萌 and 凯 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Maxwell (马克斯韦尔). 孔茂康 Kǒng Màokāng 1. 孔 kǒng Family name 2. 茂 mào luxuriant 3. 康 kāng healthy 孔 is a common family name; 茂 and 康 echo mǎ kè, how Chinese begins Maxwell (马克斯韦尔). Add your last name for a family name that matches it. ## A name seal for Maxwell ## More names - [Michael 迈克尔](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/michael) - [Matthew 马修](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/matthew) - [Mark 马克](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/mark) - [Mason 梅森](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/mason) - [Mateo 马特奥](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/mateo) - [Max 马克斯](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/max) - [Mike 迈克](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/mike) - [Matt 马特](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/matt) - [Martin 马丁](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/martin) - [Marcus 马库斯](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/marcus) - [Miguel 米格尔](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/miguel) - [Mohammed 穆罕默德](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/mohammed) HSK 1 · Now read them in a real story ## 我爸爸叫爸爸 How to say my name is in Chinese 中文怎么说名字？ 说“我叫”，后边是你的名字。 说“我的名字叫”“我的名字是”也对，可是中国人多说“我叫”。 中国人的名字，姓在前边，名字在后边。 [Keep reading](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-my-name-is-in-chinese#library-word-76-90) ## How do you say Maxwell in Chinese? Maxwell is 马克斯韦尔 (Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Maxwell”, say 我叫马克斯韦尔 (Wǒ jiào Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr). ## What does 马克斯韦尔 mean? Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 马克斯韦尔 for how it sounds, Mǎkèsīwéi'ěr, close to Maxwell. On its own, 马 means horse and 克 gram. ## How do you write Maxwell in Chinese? Maxwell is written 马克斯韦尔, 5 characters: 马 (3 strokes), 克 (7 strokes), 斯 (12 strokes), 韦 (4 strokes), 尔 (5 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it. ## How does Chinese write English names? 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. ## What is a Chinese-style 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. ## Can I use this name? 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. ## More free tools - [Your name as a Chinese seal](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-seal-generator) - [Chinese name to pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name-to-pinyin) - [Chinese tattoo checker](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-tattoo-translator) - [Say hello in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings) - [Pinyin chart](https://mandarinthewild.com/pinyin-chart) - [Read any Mandarin](https://mandarinthewild.com/read) Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.