安曼雅 Ān Mànyǎ
- 安 ān Family name
- 曼 màn graceful
- 雅 yǎ elegant
安 is a common family name; 曼 and 雅 echo mǎ yǎ, how Chinese begins Maya (玛雅).
玛雅 Mǎyǎ
我叫玛雅。 Wǒ jiào Mǎyǎ. My name is Maya.
安曼雅 Ān Mànyǎ
安 is a common family name; 曼 and 雅 echo mǎ yǎ, how Chinese begins Maya (玛雅).
倪玛永 Ní Mǎyǒng
倪 is a common family name; 玛 and 永 echo mǎ yǎ, how Chinese begins Maya (玛雅).
王曼雅 Wáng Mànyǎ
王 is a common family name; 曼 and 雅 echo mǎ yǎ, how Chinese begins Maya (玛雅).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Maya is 玛雅 (Mǎyǎ) in Chinese. To say “My name is Maya”, say 我叫玛雅 (Wǒ jiào Mǎyǎ).
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.