• 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...
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    Zsuzsanna . Despite the uniformity of Chinese surnames, some Chinese given names are fairly original because Chinese characters can be combined extensively...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the...
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  • Chinese Indonesians have adopted names that better match the local language. During the Dutch colonial era, the Dutch administration recorded Chinese...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Lan is a personal name, frequently used in Chinese and Vietnamese contexts as a feminine given name, which means "orchid" in Vietnamese. In Vietnamese...
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  • 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...
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    "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...
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  • The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon...
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    left in their native forms (see sidebar). It is among the most commonly given names in Anglophone, Arabic, European, Latin American, Iranian, and Turkic...
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    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...
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    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,...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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"...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    but the given name is almost always used with the family name in official situations. Some Chinese Americans move their Chinese given name (transliterated...
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  • 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...
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  • multiple Chinese given names. Notable people with these names include: Han JinYu (born 1979), Chinese painter Li Jinyu (born 1977), Chinese footballer...
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    In traditional Chinese society, using someone’s given name in adulthood was considered disrespectful among peers, making courtesy names essential for formal...
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