王欣岚 Wáng Xīnlán
- 王 wáng Family name
- 欣 xīn happy
- 岚 lán mountain mist
王 is a common family name; 欣 and 岚 echo xī lā, how Chinese begins Sheila (希拉).

希拉 Xīlā
我叫希拉。 Wǒ jiào Xīlā. My name is Sheila.
Sheila en chino se escribe 希拉 (Xīlā).
王欣岚 Wáng Xīnlán
王 is a common family name; 欣 and 岚 echo xī lā, how Chinese begins Sheila (希拉).
李心兰 Lǐ Xīnlán
李 is a common family name; 心 and 兰 echo xī lā, how Chinese begins Sheila (希拉).
张欣岚 Zhāng Xīnlán
张 is a common family name; 欣 and 岚 echo xī lā, how Chinese begins Sheila (希拉).
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Sheila is 希拉 (Xīlā) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sheila”, say 我叫希拉 (Wǒ jiào Xīlā).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 希拉 for how it sounds, Xīlā, close to Sheila. On its own, 希 means to hope and 拉 to pull.
Sheila is written 希拉, 2 characters: 希 (7 strokes), 拉 (8 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.