安萌奥 Ān Méng'ào
- 安 ān Family name
- 萌 méng to sprout
- 奥 ào profound
安 is a common family name; 萌 and 奥 echo méi ěr, how Chinese begins Melvin (梅尔文).

梅尔文 Méi'ěrwén
我叫梅尔文。 Wǒ jiào Méi'ěrwén. My name is Melvin.
Melvin en chino se escribe 梅尔文 (Méi'ěrwén).
安萌奥 Ān Méng'ào
安 is a common family name; 萌 and 奥 echo méi ěr, how Chinese begins Melvin (梅尔文).
倪明安 Ní Míng'ān
倪 is a common family name; 明 and 安 echo méi ěr, how Chinese begins Melvin (梅尔文).
王茂奥 Wáng Mào'ào
王 is a common family name; 茂 and 奥 echo méi ěr, how Chinese begins Melvin (梅尔文).
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Melvin is 梅尔文 (Méi'ěrwén) in Chinese. To say “My name is Melvin”, say 我叫梅尔文 (Wǒ jiào Méi'ěrwén).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 梅尔文 for how it sounds, Méi'ěrwén, close to Melvin. On its own, 梅 means plum and 文 writing.
Melvin is written 梅尔文, 3 characters: 梅 (11 strokes), 尔 (5 strokes), 文 (4 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.