Chinese Names · Boy
Ghim Guan name meaning
- 锦源brocade, bright and beautiful; source, headspring
- 錦元brocade, bright and beautiful; first, chief
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- G
- Romanization
- Hokkien
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters锦源錦元
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Ghim Guan
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Ghim Guan is a Hokkien-spelled boy's name; written 锦源 it means 'brocade' and 'source'.
Chinese characters for Ghim Guan
This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.
- 锦源
brocade, bright and beautiful; source, headspring
Hokkien gím goân / Mandarin jǐn yuán
attested
- 錦元
brocade, bright and beautiful; first, chief
Hokkien gím goân / Mandarin jǐn yuán
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 Ghim Guan
Ghim Guan is a boy's name in Hokkien spelling. Ghim stands for 錦 (Hokkien gím), 'brocade; bright and beautiful', and Guan for goân, as in 源 'source, headspring' or 元 'first, chief'. The characters 锦源 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: 錦 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 源 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 元 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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