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Mei Sim name meaning

  • 美嬋beautiful; graceful (as in 嬋娟)
  • 薇嬋royal fern; graceful (as in 嬋娟)
Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
M
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
2
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters美嬋薇嬋
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Mei Sim

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Chinese Names: M

Mei Sim is a Chinese girl's name from Cantonese pronunciation; its meaning depends on the characters, for example 美嬋 (beautiful; graceful).

Chinese characters for Mei Sim

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 美嬋

    beautiful; graceful (as in 嬋娟)

    Cantonese mei5 sim4

  • 薇嬋

    royal fern; graceful (as in 嬋娟)

    Cantonese mei4 sim4

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 Mei Sim

Mei Sim is a two-syllable Chinese given name whose spelling matches Cantonese pronunciation. Mei stands for characters such as 美 (beautiful, mei5) or 薇 (mei4), while Sim can stand for 嬋 (sim4), the character in 嬋娟, meaning graceful. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationCantonese
PartsMei + Sim
First letterChinese Names starting with M

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 美 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 薇 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 嬋 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 嬋娟 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 嬋 · mdbg.net · meaning

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