--- title: "Sylvia in Chinese: 西尔维娅 (Xī'ěrwéiyà), Meaning and How to Write It" description: "Sylvia in Chinese is 西尔维娅 (Xī'ěrwéiyà), picked for its sound: 西 west, 维 to maintain. Hear it, watch each stroke drawn, and get a Chinese-style name like 曹欣艾: 欣 happy, 艾 mugwort." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/sylvia" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- [Your name in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name) # Sylvia in Chinese 熊猫xióngmāopanda ## How Chinese writes Sylvia 西尔维娅 Xī'ěrwéiyà 我叫西尔维娅。 Wǒ jiào Xī'ěrwéiyà. My name is Sylvia. Sylvia en chino se escribe 西尔维娅 (Xī'ěrwéiyà). ## How to write 西尔维娅 1. [xī6 strokeswest](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E8%A5%BF) 2. [ěr5 strokes](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E5%B0%94) 3. [wéi11 strokesto maintain](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E7%BB%B4) 4. [yà9 strokes](https://mandarinthewild.com/stroke-order/%E5%A8%85) ## Chinese-style names for Sylvia 曹欣艾 Cáo Xīn'ài 1. 曹 cáo Family name 2. 欣 xīn happy 3. 艾 ài mugwort 曹 is a common family name; 欣 and 艾 echo xī ěr, how Chinese begins Sylvia (西尔维娅). 彭心恩 Péng Xīn'ēn 1. 彭 péng Family name 2. 心 xīn heart 3. 恩 ēn kindness 彭 is a common family name; 心 and 恩 echo xī ěr, how Chinese begins Sylvia (西尔维娅). 蒋欣艾 Jiǎng Xīn'ài 1. 蒋 jiǎng Family name 2. 欣 xīn happy 3. 艾 ài mugwort 蒋 is a common family name; 欣 and 艾 echo xī ěr, how Chinese begins Sylvia (西尔维娅). Add your last name for a family name that matches it. ## A name seal for Sylvia ## More names - [Steven 史蒂文](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/steven) - [Stephen 斯蒂芬](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/stephen) - [Scott 斯科特](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/scott) - [Samuel 塞缪尔](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/samuel) - [Sean 肖恩](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/sean) - [Sebastian 塞巴斯蒂安](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/sebastian) - [Sam 萨姆](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/sam) - [Simon 西蒙](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/simon) - [Susan 苏珊](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/susan) - [Sarah 莎拉](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/sarah) - [Sandra 桑德拉](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/sandra) - [Stephanie 斯蒂芬妮](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name/stephanie) HSK 1 · Now read them in a real story ## 我爸爸叫爸爸 How to say my name is in Chinese 中文怎么说名字？ 说“我叫”，后边是你的名字。 说“我的名字叫”“我的名字是”也对，可是中国人多说“我叫”。 中国人的名字，姓在前边，名字在后边。 [Keep reading](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-my-name-is-in-chinese#library-word-76-90) ## How do you say Sylvia in Chinese? Sylvia is 西尔维娅 (Xī'ěrwéiyà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Sylvia”, say 我叫西尔维娅 (Wǒ jiào Xī'ěrwéiyà). ## What does 西尔维娅 mean? Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 西尔维娅 for how it sounds, Xī'ěrwéiyà, close to Sylvia. On its own, 西 means west and 维 to maintain. ## How do you write Sylvia in Chinese? Sylvia is written 西尔维娅, 4 characters: 西 (6 strokes), 尔 (5 strokes), 维 (11 strokes), 娅 (9 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it. ## How does Chinese write English names? 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. ## What is a Chinese-style 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. ## Can I use this name? 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. ## More free tools - [Your name as a Chinese seal](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-seal-generator) - [Chinese name to pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-name-to-pinyin) - [Chinese tattoo checker](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-tattoo-translator) - [Say hello in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-greetings) - [Pinyin chart](https://mandarinthewild.com/pinyin-chart) - [Read any Mandarin](https://mandarinthewild.com/read) Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.