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Holly in Chinese

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

Hé Lì
Elegant, classic, feminine
  • 何Héwhat; family name
  • 丽Lìbeautiful, elegant

This name uses a common surname that sounds like 'Ho' from 'Holly' and '丽' (Lì) for beauty, a common and attractive character.

See 何丽 written
Hè Lì
Gentle, floral, modern
  • 贺Hècongratulate; family name
  • 莉Lìjasmine

This name is a close phonetic transliteration of 'Holly' using the surname '贺' (Hè) and '莉' (Lì) for jasmine, a delicate flower.

See 贺莉 written
Hú Lè
Joyful, friendly, unisex
  • 胡Húbeard; family name
  • 乐Lèhappy, joyful

Using the surname '胡' (Hú) which sounds like 'Hu' from 'Holly', combined with '乐' (Lè) for joy, offers a cheerful meaning.

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

Holly as a transliteration

How a newspaper writes Holly霍利

This transliteration follows the common practice of rendering the English 'Ho-' sound with '霍' and '-lly' with '利' for foreign names.

A name Holly could be called何丽

This name uses a common surname that sounds like 'Ho' from 'Holly' and '丽' (Lì) for beauty, a common and attractive character.

Questions

How do you write Holly in Chinese?

As a transliteration, Holly is written 霍利 (Huòlì), characters chosen for sound. As a real Chinese name, Holly could be 何丽 (Hé Lì): This name uses a common surname that sounds like 'Ho' from 'Holly' and '丽' (Lì) for beauty, a common and attractive character.

What does 何丽 mean?

何 (Hé) means what; family name; 丽 (Lì) means beautiful, elegant.

Is 何丽 a common Chinese name?

It follows the shape of a common Chinese name: the surname 何 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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