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Clara in Chinese

Clara has no single Chinese spelling. Newspapers transliterate it as 克拉拉 (Kèlālā); a person called Clara would take a real Chinese name. Here are three, with every character explained.

Lǐ Ānrán
peaceful, natural, harmonious
  • 李Lǐplum; family name
  • 安ānpeace, calm
  • 然ránso, natural

This name evokes a sense of peace and naturalness, while the 'An' sound subtly echoes 'Clara'.

See 李安然 written
Kē Lìyǎ
elegant, refined, beautiful
  • 柯Kēsurname; branch
  • 丽Lìbeautiful, elegant
  • 雅yǎelegant, refined

This name is a close phonetic transliteration of 'Clara' while also carrying the beautiful meaning of 'elegant and refined'.

See 柯丽雅 written
Cài Míngxīn
bright, clear, intelligent
  • 蔡Càisurname; a type of vegetable
  • 明míngbright, clear
  • 心xīnheart, mind

This name signifies a 'bright heart' or 'clear mind', aligning with the meaning of 'Clara' (clear, bright).

See 蔡明心 written
Three more names for ClaraAdd who the name is for, or what it should mean, and the characters change.

Clara as a transliteration

How a newspaper writes Clara克拉拉

This transliteration follows the standard phonetic approximation for the English name 'Clara' in Chinese.

A name Clara could be called李安然

This name evokes a sense of peace and naturalness, while the 'An' sound subtly echoes 'Clara'.

Questions

How do you write Clara in Chinese?

As a transliteration, Clara is written 克拉拉 (Kèlālā), characters chosen for sound. As a real Chinese name, Clara could be 李安然 (Lǐ Ānrán): This name evokes a sense of peace and naturalness, while the 'An' sound subtly echoes 'Clara'.

What does 李安然 mean?

李 (Lǐ) means plum; family name; 安 (ān) means peace, calm; 然 (rán) means so, natural.

Is 李安然 a common Chinese name?

It follows the shape of a common Chinese name: the surname 李 is from the Hundred Family Surnames and the given name uses common simplified characters. You can ask the generator for three more.

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