language, both in majority-Sinophone countries and among the Chinese diaspora. Chinese given names are almost always made up of one or - usually - two characters...

Zsuzsanna . Despite the uniformity of Chinese surnames, some Chinese given names are fairly original because Chinese characters can be combined extensively...

Chinese names are personal names used by individuals from Greater China and other parts of the Sinophone world. Sometimes the same set of Chinese characters...

Wei is a Chinese given name. The form 伟 (wěi in pinyin) is the most common Chinese given name, accounting for approximately 0.5% of Chinese people. Wei...

Pinyin spelling of a Chinese given name. People with this name include: Bai Yu (actor) (born 1990), Chinese actor Bai Yu (actress), Chinese producer, actress...

is the Mandarin Pinyin spelling of a Chinese given name. People with this name include: Du You (735–812), Chinese historian, military general, and politician...

a feminine Chinese given name. According to Taiwan's 2010 census, it was the third most popular name for women, with 27,914 having the name. Chen Mei-ling...

echo" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. Mei can also be written using different Chinese characters: 美, "beautiful" 梅, "Chinese plum" 明...

Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the...

Chinese Indonesians have adopted names that better match the local language. During the Dutch colonial era, the Dutch administration recorded Chinese...

ruled by the Emperor of China is also referred to as Chinese Empire. Zhōngguó (中國) is the most common Chinese name for China in modern times. The earliest...

from the movie Signs Beau (name), given name and surname This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you...

unisex name (also known as an epicene name, a gender-neutral name or an androgynous name) is a given name that is not gender-specific. Unisex names are common...

Western personal name (for example, Denise Foo), and some use this in preference to a Chinese given name. Most of these are used by Chinese Malaysian Christians...

Lan is a personal name, frequently used in Chinese and Vietnamese contexts as a feminine given name, which means "orchid" in Vietnamese. In Vietnamese...

Ai is a Japanese and Chinese and Vietnamese given name. In Japanese, it is almost always used as a feminine Japanese given name, written as あい in hiragana...

"Popularity of the name Leia in England and Wales". Behind the Name. This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link...

The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon...

left in their native forms (see sidebar). It is among the most commonly given names in Anglophone, Arabic, European, Latin American, Iranian, and Turkic...

also Jun is commonly Chinese given name written as 俊 in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia and Singapore and less commonly used in China and Taiwan. Currently...

Rose is a female given name. It is a late Latin name derived from rosa, meaning "rose". Variants are Rosa, Rosario, Rosie, Rosalba, Rosalie, Rosalia,...

generic name for enamel or varnish) for porcelain and metal. Mina El Hammani (born 1993), Spanish-Moroccan actress Mina is a Chinese feminine given name. It...

feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Christianity. It was used as the feminine form of the unrelated Roman name Marius (see...

Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock"...

xuan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Xuan is a unisex given name. Ai Xuan (born 1947), Chinese painter An Xuan (2nd century), Parthian translator Eoon...

adequate knowledge of Chinese would not understand their name when it is spoken in Chinese languages. Simply porting the kanji into Chinese and reading them...

but the given name is almost always used with the family name in official situations. Some Chinese Americans move their Chinese given name (transliterated...

free dictionary. Kelly /ˈkɛli/ is a given name of Irish origins, derived from the Irish surname Kelly. As a name of Irish origin, the Kelly surname is...

multiple Chinese given names. Notable people with these names include: Han JinYu (born 1979), Chinese painter Li Jinyu (born 1977), Chinese footballer...

In traditional Chinese society, using someone’s given name in adulthood was considered disrespectful among peers, making courtesy names essential for formal...