Chinese names are used in China and in Chinese communities throughout the world. Different names have different meanings. These names can have many other meanings besides those listed here.
From Chinese 灵 “spirit, soul” or 铃 “bell, chime”.
AH 阿 m & f Chinese
From the Chinese character 阿 which has no distinct meaning… [more]
AI (2) 爱, 蔼 f Chinese
From Chinese 爱 “love, affection” or 蔼 “friendly”.
AN (1) 安 m & f Chinese, Vietnamese
Means “peace” in Chinese.
BAI 白, 百, 柏 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 白 “white, pure”, 百 “one hundred, many” or 柏 “cypress” (which is usually only masculine).
BAO 宝, 褒, 苞 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 宝 “treasure, precious”, 褒 “praise” or 苞 “bud” (which is usually only feminine).
BO (2) 波 m & f Chinese
Means “wave” in Chinese.
CHANG 昌, 畅, 长 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 昌 “flourishing, prosperous” (which is usually only masculine), 畅 “smooth, fluent” or 长 “long”.
CHAO 超 m Chinese
Means “surpass” in Chinese.
CHEN 晨, 辰 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 晨 or 辰 which both mean “morning”.
CHENG 成, 诚 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 成 “accomplish, succeed” or 诚 “sincere”.
CHIN m & f Chinese
Variant of JIN (1) (using Wade-Giles transcription).
CHUN 春 f & m Chinese
Means “spring (the season)” in Chinese.
DA 达 m Chinese
Means “attain, achieve” in Chinese.
DONG 东, 栋 m Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 东 “east” or 栋 “pillar, beam”… [more]
FEN 芬 f Chinese
Means “fragrance” in Chinese.
FU 富, 芙 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 富 “wealthy” or 芙 “lotus”.
GANG 刚 m Chinese
Means “strong” in Chinese.
GUO 国 m & f Chinese
Means “country” in Chinese.
HAI 海 m & f Chinese
Means “sea” in Chinese.
HE 河, 荷 f & m Chinese
From Chinese 河 “river” or 荷 “lotus” (which is usually only feminine).
HENG 恒 m & f Chinese
Means “permanent, constant” in Chinese.
HONG 弘, 鸿 m Chinese
From Chinese 弘 or 鸿 which both mean “great, vast”.
HUA 华, 花 f & m Chinese
From Chinese 华 “magnificent, Chinese” or 花 “flower” (which is usually only feminine).
HUAN 欢 f & m Chinese
Means “happy, joyous” in Chinese.
HUANG 煌 m Chinese
Means “bright” in Chinese.
HUI 慧, 輝 f & m Chinese
From Chinese 慧 “intelligent, wise” or 輝 “brightness”.
JIA 佳, 家 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 佳 “good, fine” or 家 “home, family”.
JIAN 建, 健 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 建 “build” or 健 “strong, healthy”.
JIANG 江 m & f Chinese
Means “river” in Chinese.
JIN (1) 金, 锦, 津 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 金 “gold, metal, money”, 锦 “embroidered, bright” or 津 “ferry”.
JING 精, 晶, 京 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 精 “essence, perfect”, 晶 “clear, crystal” or 京 “capital city”.
JU 菊 f Chinese
Means “chrysanthemum” in Chinese.
JUN 君, 俊, 军 m & f Chinese, Korean
From Chinese 君 “ruler, supreme”, 俊 “talented, handsome” (which is usually only masculine) or 军 “army” (also usually only masculine)… [more]
KUN 坤 m & f Chinese
Means “earth” in Chinese.
LAN 兰 f Chinese, Vietnamese
From Chinese 兰 “orchid”… [more]
LI (1) 理, 立, 黎, 力, 丽 f & m Chinese
From Chinese 理 “reason, logic”, 立 “stand”, 黎 “dawn, black”, 力 “strength, power” (which is usually only masculine) or 丽 “beautiful” (usually only feminine).
LIM m & f Chinese
Hokkien Chinese form of LIN
LIN 林, 琳 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 林 “forest” or 琳 “fine jade, gem”.
LING 灵, 铃 f & m Chinese
