马棠宁 Mǎ Tángníng
- 马 mǎ Family name
- 棠 táng birchleaf pear
- 宁 níng peaceful
马 is a common family name; 棠 and 宁 echo tuō ní, how Chinese begins Tonya (托尼娅).

托尼娅 Tuōníyà
我叫托尼娅。 Wǒ jiào Tuōníyà. My name is Tonya.
Tonya en chino se escribe 托尼娅 (Tuōníyà).
马棠宁 Mǎ Tángníng
马 is a common family name; 棠 and 宁 echo tuō ní, how Chinese begins Tonya (托尼娅).
郭彤妮 Guō Tóngnī
郭 is a common family name; 彤 and 妮 echo tuō ní, how Chinese begins Tonya (托尼娅).
谢桃宁 Xiè Táoníng
谢 is a common family name; 桃 and 宁 echo tuō ní, how Chinese begins Tonya (托尼娅).
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Tonya is 托尼娅 (Tuōníyà) in Chinese. To say “My name is Tonya”, say 我叫托尼娅 (Wǒ jiào Tuōníyà).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 托尼娅 for how it sounds, Tuōníyà, close to Tonya. On its own, 托 means to hold up and 尼 Buddhist nun.
Tonya is written 托尼娅, 3 characters: 托 (6 strokes), 尼 (5 strokes), 娅 (9 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.