| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ching | Varies by Chinese character - commonly 'clear', 'pure', 'sunny', 'feeling/affection', or 'celebrate'. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Ching Yuan | Varies by characters; commonly ideas like 'pure/source', 'clear origin', 'green garden' (e.g., 清源 'pure source', 青園 'green garden', 慶元 'celebrate origin') | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Ching-Yun | Combines 'Ching' (清/静: clear, pure, quiet) and 'Yun' (云/韵/运: cloud, rhyme/grace, fortune) - e.g. 'pure cloud' or 'tranquil grace'. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chingyuan | Varies with the Chinese characters; commonly combines 'Qing' (e.g. 清 'clear, pure', 慶 'celebrate', 青 'green/young') with 'Yuan' (e.g. 元 'origin', 源 'source', 園/园 'garden', 原 'plain', 遠/远 'distant', 媛 'young woman'). Typical senses: 'pure origin', 'clear source', 'celebratory origin', or 'green garden'. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chio | A diminutive or nickname; meaning depends on the original full name (e.g., Sergio, Lucio). As a standalone it has no single fixed meaning. | Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Spanish | Unisex | — | |
| Chishū | Thousand autumns | Chinese, Japanese | Boy | — | |
| Chiêu | Bright, luminous | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Cho | Varies by origin and underlying character; commonly a family name with meanings dependent on the original Chinese/Korean/Japanese character rather than a single fixed meaning. | Chinese, Japanese, Korean | Unisex | — | |
| Cho-liang | Varies with the Chinese characters. Commonly the second element 'Liang' (亮) means 'bright/clear', so the name often conveys 'bright' or 'illustrious'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Chong | Meaning varies by Chinese character or Korean hanja; commonly associated characters include 钟/鍾 (zhōng) meaning 'bell' or 'to concentrate/focus'. Often used as a surname. | Chinese, Korean | Unisex | — | |
| Chonghui | Depends on the Chinese characters; commonly 'Chong' (崇/忠/重: 'revere/loyal/important') + 'Hui' (辉/慧/惠: 'brightness/wise/kind') - e.g. 'revered brightness' or 'loyal and wise'. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chongzhen | Reverent auspiciousness | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Choo | Circuit; all around | Cantonese, Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Chou | Chinese: surname meaning 'circumference, cycle' (周); Vietnamese: 'pearl, gem' (Châu). | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chow | From the Chinese surname 周 meaning "circumference", "all around", and historically associated with the Zhou dynasty | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Choy | Variant spelling of surnames that can mean 'from the state of Cai' (蔡) or 'lofty/high' (崔/최); primarily a family name, sometimes used as a given name or nickname. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chu | Varies by Chinese character. Common meanings include 'vermillion/red' (朱), 'store/save' (儲), or the name of the ancient state 'Chu' (楚). As a Korean or Vietnamese surname it functions primarily as a family name without a distinct modern lexical meaning. | Chinese, English, Korean, Vietnamese | Unisex | — | |
| Chuah | Surname originating from the ancient State of Cai (蔡); historically a clan/place name rather than a descriptive word. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chuan | Commonly 'river' or 'stream' (川); can also be associated with 'to transmit/pass on' (传/傳) or 'boat' (船) depending on character | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Chuang | Most often corresponds to 莊/庄 (Zhuāng) meaning 'village/manor; solemn, serious'; can also represent 壯/壮 (Zhuàng) meaning 'strong; robust'. Frequently a surname. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chun | Typically 'spring' (Chinese character 春); depending on character can also mean 'pure' or 'honest' (e.g., 淳). | Chinese, Korean | Unisex | — | |
| Chun-hee | Spring brightness | Chinese, Korean | Girl | — | |
| Chunyi | Depends on the characters; commonly 'Chun' (春 = spring or 淳/纯 = pure) + 'Yi' (怡 = joy/grace, 义 = righteousness, 艺 = art, 宜 = suitable) - often interpreted as 'spring joy', 'pure grace', or 'spring/righteous one'. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chuyi | Varies by Chinese characters. Common senses include 'first/initial' (初一), 'initial intention' (初意), or 'graceful/joyful' (楚怡); broadly suggests 'new beginning' or 'joy'. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Chyi | Varies depending on the Chinese character chosen. Possible meanings include "rare/wonder" (奇), "pond/pool" (池), "auspicious/fortunate" (吉), among others. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Cixi | Compassionate felicity | Chinese | Girl | — | |
| Cui | Varies by character. Common meanings: 崔 - 'high, towering' (surname); 翠 - 'emerald, jade-green' (given name). Other characters with same spelling have different senses. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Da | In Chinese (Dà, 大) 'big' or 'great'; in Vietnamese (Đa, 多) 'many' or 'much'. Also used as a short form or nickname in various languages. | Chinese, English, Korean, Vietnamese | Unisex | — | |
| Dahyun | Many; worthy | Chinese, Korean | Girl | — | |
| Daishan | Typically 'big mountain' (大山); exact meaning depends on the Chinese characters used. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Dan-dan | In Chinese (丹丹) '丹' means 'cinnabar; red' - repeated as an affectionate or diminutive form. As a reduplicated pet form of Daniel/Daniella it conveys 'little Dan' or affectionate repetition. | Chinese, English, Hebrew | Unisex | — | |
| Dandan | Varies by culture - Chinese (丹丹): 'red/cinnabar' or affectionate reduplication; Persian (دندان): 'tooth'; Filipino: reduplicated nickname from Dan/Daniel. | Chinese, Persian, Tagalog | Unisex | — | |
| Danyi | Meaning varies by origin: Hungarian toponymic 'from Dány'; if derived from Daniel, 'God is my judge'; in Chinese the meaning depends on the characters used (examples could mean 'cinnabar/precious red' + 'one' or other combinations); in Ghanaian use it is a place-name. | Chinese, Hungarian | Unisex | — | |
| Dawei | From 大 (dà) 'big' plus characters such as 伟 (wěi) 'great', 为 (wéi) 'to act/become', or 卫 (wèi) 'guard' - generally conveys 'great' or used as the Chinese form of 'David'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Dayou | Chinese: 'big/great friend' (possible reading of 大友). Yoruba: variant of Dayo meaning 'joy arrives' or 'becomes joyful'. | Chinese, Yoruba | Unisex | — | |
| De-Wei | Depends on the characters. Commonly 德 (virtue) + 伟 (great) → 'virtuous and great'; 德 + 威 → 'virtuous power'; 德 + 维 → 'virtuous guardian/maintainer'. | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Dejun | Combines 德 (dé) 'virtue' with 俊 (jùn) 'handsome/talented' - commonly interpreted as 'virtuous and handsome' (other characters like 军 'army' or 君 'ruler' change the meaning). | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Deli | Varies by origin: in Turkish deli means 'crazy' or 'mad' (colloquial); in Chinese (德利, Dé Lì) it can mean 'virtue' and 'benefit'; as a diminutive of Delilah it relates to 'delicate' or 'fragile'. | Chinese, English, Hebrew, Turkish | Unisex | — | |
| Demei | Virtuous beauty (德 'virtue' + 美 'beauty') | Chinese | Girl | — | |
| Derun | Likely from Chinese 德润 (Dé rùn): 德 'virtue' + 润 'moisten/enrich' - roughly 'enriching virtue' or 'benevolent and nurturing'. | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Dewei | Virtuous and mighty - 德 (virtue/moral) + 威/伟 (power/greatness). | Chinese | Boy | — | |
| Didi | An affectionate diminutive or nickname; in Hindi 'elder sister', in Mandarin 'younger brother', and elsewhere a pet form of names such as Didier or Diana. | Chinese, English, French, Indonesian | Unisex | — | |
| Dilin | Varies by origin - in Turkish 'dilin' = 'of the tongue/language'; as a variant of Dylan/Dilan it links to 'son of the sea'; in Chinese the meaning depends on the characters chosen (e.g., Di + Lin). | Chinese, Turkish | Unisex | — | |
| Ding | Commonly associated with the character 丁 meaning 'nail' or 'robust' and the fourth Heavenly Stem; can also correspond to characters meaning 'stable' (定) or 'cauldron/tripod' (鼎). | Chinese | Unisex | — | |
| Diệm | Beautiful jade | Chinese, Vietnamese | Boy | — | |
| Dong-geon | UNKNOWN | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Dong-won | Eastern garden | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Dong-woon | East cloud | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Dong-yeon | Variable by hanja | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — | |
| Dong-Yoon | Hanja-dependent | Chinese, Korean | Boy | — |
Aggregated births across United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany for every Chinese-origin name in our dataset.
