Chinese Names · Boy
Kam Foon name meaning
- 锦欢brocade, bright and beautiful; happy, joyous
- 金歡gold, metal; happy, joyous
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- K
- Romanization
- Cantonese
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters锦欢金歡
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Kam Foon
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Kam Foon is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese; written 锦欢 it means 'brocade; joyous', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Chinese characters for Kam Foon
This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.
- 锦欢
brocade, bright and beautiful; happy, joyous
Cantonese gam2 fun1 / Mandarin jǐn huān
attested
- 金歡
gold, metal; happy, joyous
Cantonese gam1 fun1 / Mandarin jīn huān
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 Kam Foon
Kam Foon is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese. Kam stands for 锦 (錦) 'brocade, bright and beautiful' (gam2) or 金 'gold' (gam1), and Foon is the Malaysian spelling of 欢 (歡) 'happy, joyous' (fun1). The characters 锦欢 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Cantonese |
| Parts | Kam + Foon |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with K |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 锦 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 錦 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 欢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 歡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 金 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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