Meihui as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Meihui

What is the meaning of the name Meihui ?

The baby name Meihui is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Pinyin: Měihuì (commonly 美慧, měi3 huì4); approximate English pronunciation: "may-hway".

Meihui is Chinese in Origin.

Meihui is a feminine Mandarin Chinese given name formed from Mei and Hui. Mei is commonly written 美 “beautiful” or 梅 “plum blossom,” while Hui often appears as 慧 “wisdom, discernment,” 惠 “kindness, favor,” or 辉 “radiance.” Popular pairings include 美慧 “beautiful wisdom,” 美惠 “beautiful kindness,” 梅慧 “plum-blossom wisdom,” and 美辉 “beautiful radiance,” with meaning determined by the chosen characters. In Pinyin it is Meihui (Měihuì for 美慧/美惠), typically pronounced “may-hway.”

Used across mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, and the Chinese diaspora, Meihui rose in the mid-to-late 20th century alongside virtue-plus-aesthetic name patterns for girls. Variant spellings include Mei-Hui and Mei Hui; Wade–Giles records it as Mei-hui. In Cantonese contexts, the same characters are read Mei-wai (美慧/美惠) or Mei-fai (美辉). Diminutives like Xiaomei or Meimei and the inversion Huimei (慧美/惠美) appear in some families.