Kai
Sea in Hawaiian; East Asian meanings depend on spelling
Chinese baby names
85 names with Chinese roots, each with its meaning, pronunciation and story.
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Bo
To live, through the Norse Búi
Jia
Beauty or family with the cited Chinese characters
Mei
Beauty or plum in Chinese; Japanese meanings vary
Chen
Morning or a heavenly body, depending on the character
Feng
Peak; summit with the cited Chinese characters
Every Chinese name, A to Z
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- Jia, girl.Beauty or family with the cited Chinese characters
- Jiahao, boy.Family and heroism with the cited Chinese characters
- Jian, boy.Health or establishment with the cited Chinese characters
- Jie, boy.Outstanding; heroic with the cited Chinese characters
- Jing, girl.Quietness or crystal with the cited Chinese characters
- Jun, boy.Ruler or talent with the cited Chinese characters
- Junjie, boy.Talented and outstanding with the cited Chinese characters
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- Lan, girl.Orchid; other meanings depend on the Chinese spelling
- Lei, boy.Upright; a pile of stones with the cited Chinese characters
- Lei, girl.Flower bud with the cited Chinese characters
- Li, girl.Beauty or reason with the cited Chinese characters
- Lian, girl.Lotus or waterfall with the cited Chinese characters
- Liang, boy.Brightness or goodness with the cited Chinese characters
- Lin, girl.Forest or fine jade with the cited Chinese characters
- Ling, girl.Spirit or bell with the cited Chinese characters
- Liying, girl.Beauty and cleverness with the cited Chinese characters
- Long, boy.Dragon; Chinese meanings depend on the chosen character
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- Mei, girl.Beauty or plum in Chinese; Japanese meanings vary
- Ming, gender-neutral.Brightness with the cited Chinese characters
- Mingyue, girl.Bright moon with the cited Chinese characters
- Mingzhu, girl.Bright pearl with the cited Chinese characters
- Muchen, boy.Bathing and palace with the cited Chinese characters
- Mulan, girl.Magnolia with the cited Chinese characters
- Muyang, boy.Bathing and sunlight with the cited Chinese characters
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- Yan, girl.Swallow or beauty with the cited Chinese characters
- Yao, boy.Precious jade with the cited Chinese characters
- Yao, girl.Precious jade with the cited Chinese characters
- Yi, boy.Resolute or suitable with the cited Chinese characters
- Yichen, boy.Greatness and a heavenly body with the cited Chinese characters
- Yifan, boy.One and sail with the cited Chinese characters
- Yihan, girl.Art and containment with the cited Chinese characters
- Ying, girl.Flower; heroic qualities with the cited Chinese characters
- Yinuo, gender-neutral.One promise with the cited Chinese characters
- Yize, boy.Greatness and favor with the cited Chinese characters
- Yong, boy.Bravery or eternity with the cited Chinese characters
- Yu, boy.Jade, rain or delight with the cited Chinese characters
- Yue, girl.Moon or surpassing with the cited Chinese characters
- Yueying, girl.Moon and flower with the cited Chinese characters
- Yuhang, boy.Universe and sailing with the cited Chinese characters
- Yun, gender-neutral.Cloud with the cited Chinese characters
- Yutong, girl.Rain and paulownia with the cited Chinese characters
- Yuxi, girl.Speech and evening tide with the cited Chinese characters
- Yuxuan, boy.Universe and loftiness with the cited Chinese characters
- Yuze, boy.Universe and favor with the cited Chinese characters
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- Zhiruo, girl.Medicinal-plant associations in the spelling 芷若
- Zhiwei, boy.Aspiration and greatness, when written 志伟
- Zhiyuan, boy.Ambition and distance with the cited Chinese characters
- Zimo, boy.Child and ink with the cited Chinese characters
- Zixuan, boy.Child and daylily; child and loftiness with the cited Chinese characters
- Ziyi, girl.Child and joy with the cited Chinese characters
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