Chinese Boy Names
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of 326 names
| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
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| Shengwei | Varies by characters; commonly 'sheng' = rise/victory/abundance and 'wei' = great/mighty/prestigious - together often interpreted as 'rising greatness', 'victorious and mighty', or 'abundant greatness'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Shih | Stone, rock | Chinese, Mandarin | Boy | — | |
| Shou | Varies by character - commonly 'longevity' (寿/壽) in Chinese or meanings like 'guard' or 'head'; in Japanese often 'to soar' (翔), 'auspicious' (祥), or 'commander' (将). | Chinese, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Shu-Peng | Combines Shū (舒/书/淑: calm, comfortable, refined or book) and Péng (鹏: the mythical roc) - suggests a calm, noble, ambitious person who soars like a great mythical bird. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Shuichi | Excellent one; disciplined first | Chinese, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Shuming | Commonly contains 明 (míng) 'bright/clear' combined with a 'shu' character whose meaning varies (e.g., 书 'book/learned', 舒 'calm/comfortable', 淑 'virtuous', 树 'tree'); overall conveys ideas like 'bright and cultured/virtuous/peaceful'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Shunten | Shun; heaven | Chinese, Japanese, Okinawan | Boy | — | |
| Siong | Varies by Chinese character; common senses include 'heroic/male/powerful', 'auspicious', 'bear', or 'pine'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Sung-jae | Varies by hanja | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Sung-tae | Varies by hanja | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Syngman | Inherit late evening | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Sō | Ancestral temple | Chinese, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Taehyun | Great wisdom | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Taejo | Great ancestor | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Tenma | Heavenly horse | Chinese, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Tet | Seasonal festival | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Tetsu | Iron; wisdom; thoroughness | Chinese, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Than | Close; sincere | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Thieu | Gift of Yahweh; inherit | Chinese, Dutch, Hebrew, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Thành | Complete; accomplished | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Thái | Peace; great | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Tiancheng | Heaven-made / accomplished by heaven; born to succeed or naturally achieved | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Tianlei | Heavenly thunder ('tiān' = sky/heaven, 'léi' = thunder) | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Tianming | Commonly 'heavenly brightness' or 'dawn' (天明); can also mean 'heavenly mandate' or 'destiny' when written as 天命 - meaning depends on the characters used. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Tien-Sheng | Varies by Chinese characters. Common interpretations include 'heaven-born' (天生), 'field-born' (田生), 'increase/victory' (添勝/添胜), or 'heavenly flourishing' (天盛). | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Tien-Wei | Heavenly power/majesty (e.g., 天威, Tiān Wēi),Heavenly greatness (e.g., 天伟, Tiān Wěi),Field/earth + greatness (e.g., 田伟, Tián Wěi),Vietnamese sense: progress/advance + greatness (e.g., Tiến-Vĩ) | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Tiequan | Commonly 'iron fist' (铁拳). Depending on the Chinese characters used, it can also mean 'iron spring' (铁泉), 'iron authority/power' (铁权), or 'iron whole/complete' (铁全). | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Toản | Impure jade; jade ladle | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Triết | Wise; sage | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Trung | Loyal, faithful | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Tsai | Grass; vegetation | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Tự | Inherit; succeed | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Unsho | Fortune rising | Chinese, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Woohyun | UNKNOWN | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Wooyoung | Friend, blossom | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Xiannian | First thought | Chinese, Mandarin | Boy | — | |
| Xiaogang | Small and firm | Chinese, Mandarin | Boy | — | |
| Xiaoming | Literally 'little bright' - often understood as 'little/young and bright' or 'bright little one'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Xiaoshuai | Little handsome one | Chinese, Mandarin | Boy | — | |
| Ximing | Typically 'hopeful and bright' - commonly written 希明 (xī míng) meaning 'hope/rare' + 'bright/clear'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Xuming | Commonly interpreted as 'bright' or 'brightness' - 'Ming' (明) = bright/clear; 'Xu' is a surname | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Yeo | River; poplar | Chinese, English, Hokkien, Korean, Old English | Boy | — | |
| Yeon-seok | Prolong; bestow | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Yeong | Flower; hero | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Yesung | Artistic voice | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Yibo | One; broad, learned | Chinese, Mandarin | Boy | — | |
| Yilong | Combination of Yi + Long; 'Long' (龙) means 'dragon'. 'Yi' can mean joy, righteousness, resolve, or 'one' depending on the character - overall senses include 'joyful dragon', 'righteous dragon', 'resolute dragon', or 'one dragon'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Yiwu | Righteous crow | Chinese, Mandarin | Boy | — | |
| Yong | Brave; perpetual; dragon | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Yongky | Typically 'brave' or 'courageous' (often linked to Chinese 勇 yǒng or Korean 용기, 'courage') | Chinese, Indonesian, Korean | Boy | — |
Chinese Boys name popularity over time
Aggregated births across United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany for every Chinese-origin name in our dataset.
326
Names in this origin
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With data in 2025
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Births 2025
6,616
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