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Guan Aik name meaning

  • 源益source, headspring; benefit, profit
  • 元益first, chief; benefit, profit
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
G
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
2
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters源益元益
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Guan Aik

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Guan Aik is a Hokkien-spelled boy's name; written 源益 it can be read as 'a source of benefit'.

Chinese characters for Guan Aik

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 源益

    source, headspring; benefit, profit

    Hokkien goân ek / Mandarin yuán yì

    attested

  • 元益

    first, chief; benefit, profit

    Hokkien goân ek / Mandarin yuán yì

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 Guan Aik

Guan Aik is a boy's name in Hokkien spelling. Guan stands for goân, as in 源 'source, headspring' or 元 'first, chief', and Aik is the usual spelling of 益 (Hokkien ek), 'benefit, profit'. The characters 源益 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsGuan + Aik

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 源 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 元 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 益 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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