Brittany in Chinese
How to write Brittany in Chinese, how to say it, and real Chinese names picked for it.
Brittany, written by sound
布里塔妮
Bùlǐtǎnī
- 布bù
- 里lǐ
- 塔tǎ
- 妮nī
This is how Brittany 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 Brittany
None of these sounds quite like Brittany, 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.
Classic name
茉莉Mòlì
jasmine
mò
jasmine
艹plantmeaning末mòsound
末 is said mò too.
lì
jasmine
艹plantmeaning利lìsound
利 is said lì too.
Classic name
凯莉Kǎilì
joyful jasmine
kǎi
triumphant
lì
jasmine
艹plantmeaning利lìsound
利 is said lì too.
Classic name
雪莉Xuělì
snow and jasmine
xuě
snow
lì
jasmine
艹plantmeaning利lìsound
利 is said lì too.
Stroke order follows the mainland China standard; a few characters are written differently in Taiwan.
Get your own Chinese name
Brittany, get eight real names in the style you like (classic, poetic, wuxia…) and pick the one that feels like you. It takes a minute.
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, 茉莉 becomes a full name such as 林茉莉 (Lín Mòlì).
About the name Brittany
In the US, Brittany was the 7th most popular girls’ name of the 1990s. In England and Wales it was number 186 in 1996 and is number 4201 in 2025.
Sources: US Social Security Administration, Office for National Statistics (UK).