In this article, we will share a list of Chinese male names with their meanings and also Chinese female names with meanings. We also have unisex names.
Unfortunately I'm no expert in Chinese to explain the meaning and pronunciation of ideograms, but it should be similar to Japanese ideograms, but with totally different pronunciation.
I hope you like the list of Chinese female and male names, perfect for naming your babies, characters, or pets.
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Facts about Chinese Names
Like the Japanese, the Chinese speak their family name first and then their first name. Chinese names are also usually made up of just two names.
Chinese names can have similar pronunciations, especially in the family name. In these cases, we recommend paying attention to the ideograms that determine the meaning of the name.
Chinese girl names often use ideograms that mean beauty, flowers, purity, and the like. Chinese boy names use ideograms that mean bravery, power and courage.
Just like those of the Ainu tribe, the Chinese in the past believed that ugly and scary names could ward off evil spirits. Some strange names are Gou Sheng which means leftover dog food and Te Dan which means iron egg.
It is not so common to change names after marriage, some people usually like to mix up the names. For the Chinese, names are important and keep the origin of their families.
- Complete list of male and female Japanese names
- How to find out the meaning of Japanese names?
- List of male and female Korean names
- How to differentiate Japanese, Korean and Chinese
main Chinese Names
Writing an article about Chinese names can be quite complicated, I get totally lost in deciding what names and what categories of names to put. I have selected the most popular ones below:
The main Chinese names of the present day
According to the most recent table, the most popular Chinese names placed on babies are:
| Male | Feminine |
| 奕辰 (Yìchén): 14,620 | 一诺 (Yīnuò): 24,820 |
| 宇轩 (Yǔxuān):14,479 | 依诺 (Yīnuò): 19426 |
| 浩宇 (Hàoyǔ): 14,104 | 欣怡 (Xīnyí): 17,623 |
| 亦辰 (Yìchén): 14,034 | 梓涵 (Zǐhán): 14,626 |
| 宇辰 (Yǔchén): 13,234 | 语桐 (Yǔtóng): 12,444 |
| 子墨 (Zǐmò): 12,534 | 欣妍 (Xīnyán): 12,096 |
| 宇航 (Yǔháng): 11,609 | 可欣 (Kěxīn): 12,022 |
| 浩然 (Hàorán): 11,557 | 语汐 (Yǔxī): 11,969 |
| 梓豪 (Zǐháo): 10,895 | 雨桐 (Yǔtóng): 11,637 |
| 亦宸 (Yìchén): 10,844 | 梦瑶 (Mèngyáo): 11,128 |
Other common Chinese names are:
- Fang means Fragrance, virtue;
- Jing means peaceful or calm;
- Law means Heap of stones, big, thunderous;
- Li means Beautiful or strength;
- Min means Fast or intelligent.
- Qiang means Strong, better;
- Tao means Big wave or peach.
- Wei means Great.
- Yan means Cute, swallow bird;
- Xiuying means brave and beautiful;
cute chinese names
Below is a list of Chinese names that are considered cute:
- Ah Kum means good as gold (feminine);
- Chonglin means second brother and unicorn (male);
- Fengge means Phoenix Pavilion.
- Hong means swan or wild (masculine);
- Jaw-Long means "like a dragon" (masculine);
- Lian means graceful willow (feminine);
- Mingxia means bright and shining clouds of dawn (feminine);
- Nuwa means goddess or mother (feminine);
- Shoi-Ming means life of sun (masculine);
- Suyin means sound or without adornments (feminine);
It is worth noting that usually Chinese names can have one or more meanings, because their writing in ideograms is different.
Chinese male names
Below is a complete list of Chinese Male Names with their meanings:
| Chinese name | Meaning |
| Amen | Certainly |
| Boseph | good, valuable |
| Chang | prosperous |
| Floor | overcome |
| Chen | treasure |
| Cheng | Concluded |
| Cheng-Gong | Success |
| Cheung | Happiness |
| Chong | Abundance |
| Chu | The stone base of a column |
| Cong | intelligent |
| cong min | Intelligent |
| Deshi | gold |
| Dewei | very noble |
| dish | man of virtue |
| Dong | the east |
| Enlai | Valuation |
| Fan | Start |
| do | lighting |
| Feng | top |
| Gan | irable |
| Gang | inflexible |
| Guo | country |
| Hai | heap of dough |
| Hao | O |
| Heng | permanent, constant |
| Huh | spirit |
| Jian | Well-being |
| Jiang | Rio |
| Jingjing | perfect essence |
| Jong | Brilliant |
| Ju | giant |
| Jun | Salary |
| Kang | Well-being |
| Kuan | worry free |
| Kuen | The first |
| Kueng | the universe |
| Kun | experienced in advice |
| Li-Wei | Beautiful rose |
| Liang | Excellent |
| Lok | Joyful. |
| Long | Dragon. |
| Luan | Revolt |
| pronounced beautiful my-lee | |
| Mao | Flourishing |
| Meng | Savage, energetic |
| Ming | Bright moon |
| Mu | ired |
| Ning | Pacific |
| On | Peace |
| Pei | abundant |
| Piao | beautiful |
| Ping | Kroos |
| Qi | lighting |
| Qiang | someone who has the strength |
| Qiao | beautiful, beautiful |
| Shan | God is with us |
| Shen | spirit |
| Sheng | Triumph |
| Syaoran | little wolf |
| Tai | someone from thailand |
| Tai-Yang | Sun |
| Viella | artistically and shy |
| Wei | valuable – brilliant |
| Wen | culture, literacy |
| Wing | High honor. |
| Wu | Courage |
| Xu | Brilliant rising sun |
| Yan-Tao | beautiful |
| Yang | The male principle of the universe |
| You | someone who kindly |
| Zhen | Expensive |
| Zhi | wisdom, healing |
| Zhong | Half |
| Zhu | Vertical |
| Zhuang | Strong |
| Zi | Increase in the number of |
Chinese female names
| Chinese name | Meaning |
| Ah-Kum | treasure |
| An | Graceful, sweet and bitter, sad |
| anchi | incredible peace, angel |
| good | look pretty / pretty |
| Chow | Summer |
| Chyou | Autumn. |
| Daiyu | jade black color |
| Fu | someone who is rich |
| Genji | Gold |
| Huan | With joy |
| Huang | brilliant |
| Hui | Sun light |
| Huo | Fire |
| Ji | Happiness |
| Jia | good and beautiful |
| Jia-Li | good and beautiful |
| Jiali | good, beautiful |
| Jiang-Li | a beautiful river |
| Jiao | nice and smooth |
| Jie | rise above the rest |
| Jing | Capital |
| Kuan-Yin | God's Mercy Buddhist |
| read | Happiness |
| Lei | lion |
| read | beautiful / powerful |
| Li-Fen | Beautiful |
| Li-Hua | pearl flower |
| Li-Ming | beautiful and bright |
| Li-Na | Who has beauty and grace |
| Li-Yu | rainy day |
| Lian | The youth, dedicated to Jupiter |
| Lien | free man, who was not noble |
| Liming | smart and brilliant |
| Ling | Dawn |
| Liu | Flow |
| sand | Beautiful snow |
| Lu-Chu | pearl green |
| Mayleen | beautiful |
| Mee | Sausage |
| Mei | O |
| Mei-Fen | plums |
| Mei-Lan | beautiful orchids |
| Mei Xiu | beautiful |
| Meiling | beautiful and fine |
| Ming-Mei | thin and handsome |
| Ming-Yue | Bright moon |
| Mingmei | smart, beautiful |
| Mu-Lan | magnolia |
| Mulan | Orchid wood |
| Niu | Girl |
| Rong | advice |
| Seyoung | light up the world |
| Sharpay | sand skin |
| Shuang | bright, clear |
| Shui | Water |
| Tao | Pêssego, Longa Vida |
| Teegan | good, beautiful |
| Ting | Someone who is fine and elegant |
| Ox | boi |
| Wan | Enrollment |
| Xi-Wang | Hope |
| Xia | sunrise glow |
| Xiang | fragrant |
| Xiao | In the early morning |
| Xiao-Chen | Morning |
| Xiara | Sunrise glow |
| a star | |
| two stars | |
| Xiu | beautiful, elegant |
| Xiu-Juan | Elegant |
| Xiu-Mei | beautiful plum |
| Xue | fragrant snow |
| Xue-Fang | perfumed snow |
| Xun | quick, sudden |
| Yan | swallow (bird) |
| Yein | soft type |
| Yi | Happy, shiny like a pearl |
| Yi Min | Intelligent |
| Yu | Pure, beautiful Jade |
| Yu-Jie | pure, beautiful |
| Yuan | round. |
| Yue-Yan | cheerful and beautiful |
unisex chinese names
Below we have a list of Chinese names with their meanings, but that can be used by men and women, unisex Chinese names:
- An means peace.
- Bao means treasure, jewel;
- Bo means wavy;
- Chen means daytime interval;
- Chun means born in the spring.
- Guang means glorious.
- Heng means eternal;
- Huan means happiness;
- Hui means smart;
- Jiang means river.
- Liu means willow.
- Ming means enlightening;
- Ping means peaceful, stable.
- This means autumn.
- Shan means moderate;
- Shi means true;
- Xiang means fragrant or circulating in the air (like a bird);
- Xiaosheng means "little birth";
- Xue means snow or scholar.
- Yanlin means swallow forest or Beijing forest.
Videos about Chinese Names
If you want to delve deeper into Chinese names and their meanings, here are some videos in different languages that explain details about how some names work and what they mean:
