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Meng Yean name meaning
- 明燕bright; swallow (bird)
- 明延bright; to prolong
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- M
- Romanization
- Teochew, Hokkien
- Character options
- 2
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Chinese characters明燕明延
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Meng Yean
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Meng Yean is a Chinese girl's name whose meaning depends on the characters, for example 明燕 (bright; swallow).
Chinese characters for Meng Yean
This spelling is common in Teochew and Hokkien romanization.
- 明燕
bright; swallow (bird)
Teochew mêng5 iang3 / Hokkien iàn (燕)
- 明延
bright; to prolong
Teochew mêng5 iang6 / Hokkien iân (延)
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 Meng Yean
Meng Yean is a two-syllable Chinese given name. Meng matches the Teochew reading mêng5 of 明 (bright), while Yean matches the Teochew iang or Hokkien ian readings of characters such as 燕 (swallow) or 延 (to prolong). The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Teochew, Hokkien |
| Parts | Meng + Yean |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with M |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 明 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 燕 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 延 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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