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Jiayuan name meaning

  • 嘉元excellent, auspicious; first, origin
  • 家園home, family; garden
  • 嘉源excellent, auspicious; source
Letters
7
First letter
J
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters嘉元家園嘉源

Chinese Names: J

Jiayuan is a Chinese name in Mandarin pinyin spelling. Written 嘉元, it means “excellent” and “first”; the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Jiayuan

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 嘉元

    excellent, auspicious; first, origin

    Mandarin jiā yuán

    attested

  • 家園

    home, family; garden

    Mandarin jiā yuán

  • 嘉源

    excellent, auspicious; source

    Mandarin jiā 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 Jiayuan

Jiayuan is the toneless Hanyu Pinyin spelling of a Mandarin Chinese name: a combination of the syllables jia (嘉 'excellent, auspicious'; 家 'home, family') and yuan (元 'first, origin'; 園 'garden'; 源 'source'). The characters recorded for this spelling in public data are 嘉元. Other common character choices include 家園 and 嘉源. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)
First letterChinese Names starting with J

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 嘉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 嘉 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 元 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 元 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 家 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 家 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 園 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 園 · mdbg.net · meaning
  9. Wiktionary: 源 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  10. MDBG: 源 · mdbg.net · meaning

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