Brandon in Chinese
How to write Brandon in Chinese, how to say it, and real Chinese names picked for it.
Brandon, written by sound
布兰登
Bùlándēng
- 布bù
- 兰lán
- 登dēng
This is how Brandon is written by sound: in the news, on maps and in translated books. Each character is there for its sound, so their meanings don't add up to anything.
But it isn't a Chinese name. Chinese parents choose a name for what it means, like the ones below.
Real Chinese names for Brandon
None of these sounds quite like Brandon, but each one is a real name Chinese parents give, with a meaning of its own. Tap the buttons to hear a character, watch it written, or write it yourself.
Poetic name
知白Zhībái
knowing the light
zhī
to know
bái
white
Poetic name
观澜Guānlán
watching the great waves
guān
to watch
lán
great waves
Poetic name
抱朴Bàopǔ
holding to simplicity
bào
to embrace
pǔ
simple, plain
Stroke order follows the mainland China standard; a few characters are written differently in Taiwan.
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How Chinese names work
The family name comes first, and it is almost always one character: 王 Wáng, 李 Lǐ, 林 Lín. A few have two, like 欧阳 Ōuyáng.
The given name follows: one or two characters, chosen for what they mean. A virtue, a flower, a wish from the parents.
So with a family name in front, 知白 becomes a full name such as 林知白 (Lín Zhībái).
About the name Brandon
In the US, Brandon was the 11th most popular boys’ name of the 1990s. In England and Wales it was number 53 in 1996 and is number 822 in 2025.
Sources: US Social Security Administration, Office for National Statistics (UK).