Chinese names
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Most popular Chinese names in official statistics
China, 2021
Source: Ministry of Public Security, Household Registration Management Research Center (公安部户政管理研究中心).
Taiwan, 2021-2023
Source: Ministry of the Interior, Department of Household Registration (內政部戶政司).
Featured in baby name books
Bao
Bao is a Chinese name read as “creative” or “treasure.” Bao is given as Vietnamese for “to order,” and as Arabic for “a man of knowledge.”
Bo
Bo is a Chinese name meaning “precious,” and actress Bo Derek is a famous bearer. Bo is also a Scandinavian short form of Robert, and one source reads it as French for “handsome.”
Chen
Chen is a Chinese name meaning “great” or “vast.”
Chun
Chun is Chinese for “spring,” suggesting someone born in springtime or nature's renewal.
Dai
Dai is Japanese for “great,” “grand,” or “large.” Dai can also be a version of David, meaning “beloved.”
Feng
Feng is a Chinese name with several meanings, including “phoenix,” “wind,” “sharp blade,” and “sweet gum tree.”
Jin
Jin is a Japanese name meaning “tenderness.” Jin is Japanese for “excellent.”
Juan
Juan, the Spanish version of John, is understood as “God is gracious.” The most famous Juan may be the fictional seducer Don Juan; others include Argentina’s Juan Perón and coffee icon Juan Valdez.
Jun
Jun is a Chinese name meaning “truth” or “truth of life.” Jun is also Japanese for “obedient” or “pure.”
Kai
Kai is most often linked to Hawaiian “sea,” and is rising, especially for boys. Kai is also Japanese for “forgiveness.”
Kang
Kang is a Chinese name meaning “healthy.” On The Simpsons, Kang is one of the drooling, one-eyed tentacled aliens from Rigel 7, alongside his sister Kodos.
Lan
Lan is a Vietnamese and Chinese name meaning “orchid” or “flower,” with Lang as a variant.
Lee
Lee derives from an Old English word meaning “meadow,” “pasture,” or “field,” and it can also be spelled Leigh. Though it can sound gentle, Lee feels rugged thanks to the jeans brand, Robert E. Lee, and Lee Majors, and it is used for both boys and girls.
Li
Li is a Chinese name meaning “strength” or “one with great strength.” Li is also Chinese for “profit.”
Lian
Lian is Chinese for “graceful willow” or “graceful tree.”
Ling
Ling is Chinese for “delicate.” Ling is also given as Chinese for “kindness.”
Mei
Mei is Chinese for “plum” or “beautiful,” and in Hawaiian it means “great.” Mei is also read as “virtuous and beautiful” or “forever enchanting” in Chinese, and “great one” in Latin.
Ming
Ming is a Chinese name meaning “bright” or “shiny.” Ming is also translated as “tomorrow.”
Quan
Quan is Vietnamese for “soldier.” As a Chinese name Quan means “compassionate” or “hot spring.”
Quon
Quon is Chinese for “bright” or “light.”
Tai
Tai is a Vietnamese name meaning “talent” or “skill.” Tai is also Chinese, meaning “big.”
Tao
Tao is a Chinese name meaning “peach,” and other books give Chinese meanings such as “peace” or “big waves.” Tao is Chinese for “apple.”
Ushi
Ushi is a Chinese name meaning “ox.”
Xiang
Xiang is a Chinese name meaning “fragrant” or “perfume,” and it can also mean “to soar.”
Xin
Xin is a Chinese name meaning “elegant” or “beautiful,” and also “new.”
Xue
Xue is a Chinese name meaning “snow,” and it can also mean “studious” or “scholarly.”
Ye
Ye is a Chinese name meaning “universe,” though other books give “bright” or “light.” Ye is also a Ghanaian name for the firstborn of twins.
Yin
Yin is a Chinese name meaning “silver” or “silvery lady.”
Yu
Yu is a Chinese name meaning “jade,” and it can also mean “rain.”
Zhen
Zhen is a Chinese name meaning “precious” or “treasured.” Zhen is also read in Chinese as “pure.”
These lists are only intended to give you name ideas. Make sure to further research each name, as some may have negative connotations.