If you are looking for a Chinese name for your baby girl or boy, follow this guide. You will find all our ideas for pretty first names with poetic meanings.
In Chinese tradition, first names are chosen to give meaning to the child’s life. They are therefore all very poetic, with a meaning that will influence the character and destiny of your little girl or your little boy. If you are looking for a name for your baby, you have come to the right place! here is our directory of the prettiest Chinese names for girls and boys.
female chinese names
female chinese names often refer to nature, as with hua which means flower, or Bi which refers to Jade, lan being for its part the symbol of the orchid. jia means “beautiful”, and fang, “fragrant”. In the list of Chinese female given names, we also find N / A, which means “graceful girl”, or Can, which means “colorful”, or even Have which refers to love. Here are all our ideas for female Chinese names to inspire you:
Male Chinese names
Among boys, there are short first names like Bao, Ming, Sang, Lee, Shi, Shen or tao. But also first names that evoke the sky and the stars, such as Hui, Liang, Zhen which refers to the reference star, or Manqian symbol of the one who shines. Yue-Shi is the symbol for the lunar eclipse, and pang means “the one who holds the word”, or the representation of wisdom. Furthermore, the chinese names for boys often refer to personalities with an aura, gentleness, but also power, as with the first name Shen “the one who holds the waters on earth”.
What are mixed Chinese baby names?
In Chinese, as most first names have a fixed meaning, which refers to a specific thing such as the sea, the land, audacity, passion… they are often mixed. We can for example note Lee, Yan, Bo, San, Tai or tao which can be given either in this way or in a compound way. An, Chin, Chui, Jiang, Jin or Jing are equally attributable to both girls and boys.
Ideas for long Chinese names
Very frequently, Chinese first names are associations of two ideas, of two symbols. And in fact, to offer your child a complete first name that defines his character and his destiny, there are many compound first names, which are therefore quite long. For boys, we can note: Mei-Shan, Man-kit, Min-Zhong, Ming-Ching, Mi-Yuan, Mo-Ruo, Mushu, Mon-Wah, or even Tak-wai, Tan-Ming, Tao-Ching, Shan-Bo, Shang- of, Sen-Hwei.
And for girls, there is also a choice of long Chinese first names: Hui-Ying, Tou-Mou, Binq-Quing, Chang-O, Ching-Nii, Hu-Tu, Shuang-Min, Xiu-Chan.
Chinese names and their meanings
English | The one that surrounds |
Chiyo | the scent of the earth |
Cabbage | the one who has strength |
Han | beauty queen |
guan | the one who decides |
Gao | the woman with secrets |
Liao | the beauty queen |
Liu | the one who relies on the world |
Mee | the one who wears the lucky star |
Bing | the one who gets attached |
Cai Fei | the one who triumphs |
Cheng | success, accomplishment |
Dorgon | the one who shoots |
En-Jie | the dark man |
Fupo | he who brings life |
Gan | the one who shouts |
Gio-ning | the one who shoots |
Hoi | the one who hides the fire |