马萌兰 Mǎ Ménglán
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 萌 méng to sprout
- 兰 lán orchid
马 is a common family name; 萌 and 兰 echo méi lán, how Chinese begins Melanie (梅兰妮).
梅兰妮 Méilánnī
我叫梅兰妮。 Wǒ jiào Méilánnī. My name is Melanie.
马萌兰 Mǎ Ménglán
马 is a common family name; 萌 and 兰 echo méi lán, how Chinese begins Melanie (梅兰妮).
郭美蕾 Guō Měilěi
郭 is a common family name; 美 and 蕾 echo méi lán, how Chinese begins Melanie (梅兰妮).
谢梅乐 Xiè Méilè
谢 is a common family name; 梅 and 乐 echo méi lán, how Chinese begins Melanie (梅兰妮).
Add your last name for a family name that matches it.
Melanie is 梅兰妮 (Méilánnī) in Chinese. To say “My name is Melanie”, say 我叫梅兰妮 (Wǒ jiào Méilánnī).
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.