Jordan in Chinese
How to write Jordan in Chinese, how to say it, and real Chinese names picked for it.
Jordan, written by sound
乔丹
Qiáodān
- 乔qiáo
- 丹dān
This is how Jordan 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 Jordan
None of these sounds quite like Jordan, 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
观澜Guānlán
watching the great waves
guān
to watch
lán
great waves
Minimal name
Lán
great waves
Classic name
明朗Mínglǎng
bright and open
míng
bright, clear
日sun月moon
Commonly explained as the sun 日 and the moon 月 side by side: bright.
lǎng
clear, bright
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, 观澜 becomes a full name such as 林观澜 (Lín Guānlán).
About the name Jordan
In the US, Jordan was the 28th most popular boys’ name of the 1990s. In England and Wales it was number 11 in 1996 and is number 248 in 2025.
Sources: US Social Security Administration, Office for National Statistics (UK).