Meaning Behind Chinese Names

Instead the meaning of the name can be gleaned independently of the characters used.

Meaning behind chinese names. The many names of chinese individuals. See also about chinese names. Her name was originally 徽音 instead of 徽因 and was drawn from shi jing the book of odes where it means excellent fame.

Here is a list of chinese boy names that are easy to pronounce. With the chinese boy names pinyin some people find it very hard to pronounce chinese names. Chinese names are used in china and in chinese communities throughout the world.

Note that depending on the chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. 5000 years of chinese heritage brings names that symbolize ancient treasures virtue and serenity. Rat ox tiger rabbit dragon snake horse sheep monkey rooster dog pig.

The family name is the first character followed by the given name. From chinese 白 meaning white pure 百 meaning one hundred many or 柏 meaning cypress tree cedar which is usually only masculine. Boys chinese names are usually connected with power and bravery.

However a long time ago it was believed that giving your child a name with a bad meaning could hold off evil. See also about chinese names. Meanings of names are very significant to the chinese people.

However this doesn t necessarily mean that the meaning of the name is a combination of the two characters. This name was borne in the 8th century by the tang dynasty poet li bai whose given was 白. This is the name of the famous modern female chinese poet and architect lin huiyin 1904 1955.