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Ee Wei name meaning
- 颐沩to nourish; name of a river in China
- 怡薇cheerful, joyous; royal fern (in 薔薇, rose)
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- E
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Chinese characters颐沩怡薇
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Ee Wei
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Ee Wei is a Chinese girl's name; written 怡薇 it means 'cheerful; royal fern', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Chinese characters for Ee Wei
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 颐沩
to nourish; name of a river in China
Hokkien î + Mandarin wéi / Mandarin yí wéi
attested
- 怡薇
cheerful, joyous; royal fern (in 薔薇, rose)
Hokkien î + Mandarin wēi / Mandarin yí wēi
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Ee Wei
Ee Wei is a girl's name that combines a Hokkien and a Mandarin spelling. Ee is Hokkien î, as in 頤/颐 (to nourish) or 怡 (cheerful), and Wei is Mandarin wéi or wēi, as in 溈/沩 (a river name) or 薇 (royal fern, also in 薔薇, rose). The characters 颐沩 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 頤 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 溈 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 沩 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 怡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 薇 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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