曾燕岚 Zēng Yànlán
- 曾 zēng Family name
- 燕 yàn swallow (bird)
- 岚 lán mountain mist
曾 is a common family name; 燕 and 岚 echo yuē lán, how Chinese begins Yolanda (约兰达).

约兰达 Yuēlándá
我叫约兰达。 Wǒ jiào Yuēlándá. My name is Yolanda.
Yolanda en chino se escribe 约兰达 (Yuēlándá).
曾燕岚 Zēng Yànlán
曾 is a common family name; 燕 and 岚 echo yuē lán, how Chinese begins Yolanda (约兰达).
邓妍兰 Dèng Yánlán
邓 is a common family name; 妍 and 兰 echo yuē lán, how Chinese begins Yolanda (约兰达).
曹悦岚 Cáo Yuèlán
曹 is a common family name; 悦 and 岚 echo yuē lán, how Chinese begins Yolanda (约兰达).
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Yolanda is 约兰达 (Yuēlándá) in Chinese. To say “My name is Yolanda”, say 我叫约兰达 (Wǒ jiào Yuēlándá).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 约兰达 for how it sounds, Yuēlándá, close to Yolanda. On its own, 约 means to make an appointment, 兰 orchid and 达 to reach.
Yolanda is written 约兰达, 3 characters: 约 (6 strokes), 兰 (5 strokes), 达 (6 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.