任雷迪 Rén Léidí
- 任 rén Family name
- 雷 léi thunder
- 迪 dí to enlighten
任 is a common family name; 雷 and 迪 echo lán dé, how Chinese begins Randall (兰德尔).

兰德尔 Lándé'ěr
我叫兰德尔。 Wǒ jiào Lándé'ěr. My name is Randall.
Randall en chino se escribe 兰德尔 (Lándé'ěr).
任雷迪 Rén Léidí
任 is a common family name; 雷 and 迪 echo lán dé, how Chinese begins Randall (兰德尔).
石朗笛 Shí Lǎngdí
石 is a common family name; 朗 and 笛 echo lán dé, how Chinese begins Randall (兰德尔).
孔磊德 Kǒng Lěidé
孔 is a common family name; 磊 and 德 echo lán dé, how Chinese begins Randall (兰德尔).
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Randall is 兰德尔 (Lándé'ěr) in Chinese. To say “My name is Randall”, say 我叫兰德尔 (Wǒ jiào Lándé'ěr).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 兰德尔 for how it sounds, Lándé'ěr, close to Randall. On its own, 兰 means orchid and 德 virtue.
Randall is written 兰德尔, 3 characters: 兰 (5 strokes), 德 (15 strokes), 尔 (5 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.