张梅莉 Zhāng Méilì
- 张 zhāng Family name
- 梅 méi plum (tree and fruit)
- 莉 lì jasmine
张 is a common family name; 梅 and 莉 echo méi lín, how Chinese begins Melinda (梅琳达).

梅琳达 Méilíndá
我叫梅琳达。 Wǒ jiào Méilíndá. My name is Melinda.
Melinda en chino se escribe 梅琳达 (Méilíndá).
张梅莉 Zhāng Méilì
张 is a common family name; 梅 and 莉 echo méi lín, how Chinese begins Melinda (梅琳达).
陈萌丽 Chén Ménglì
陈 is a common family name; 萌 and 丽 echo méi lín, how Chinese begins Melinda (梅琳达).
杨美莉 Yáng Měilì
杨 is a common family name; 美 and 莉 echo méi lín, how Chinese begins Melinda (梅琳达).
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Melinda is 梅琳达 (Méilíndá) in Chinese. To say “My name is Melinda”, say 我叫梅琳达 (Wǒ jiào Méilíndá).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 梅琳达 for how it sounds, Méilíndá, close to Melinda. On its own, 梅 means plum and 达 to reach.
Melinda is written 梅琳达, 3 characters: 梅 (11 strokes), 琳 (12 strokes), 达 (6 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.