纪梵希

Givenchy is phonetically rendered as 纪梵希 (Jì fán xī) in Chinese. 纪 means 'era/discipline/to record', 梵 means 'Sanskrit/holy/noble', and 希 means 'hope/rare'. Together 'era of noble hope' creates an ethereal, aspirational name. Hubert de Givenchy founded the fashion house in Paris in 1952, becoming famous for dressing Audrey Hepburn. The house is now part of LVMH.

Character-by-character pronunciation

纪梵希 uses 3 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.