Chinese Names · Boy
Roy King name meaning
- 景sunlight, bright, scenery
- 敬to respect, honour
- 慶to celebrate, auspicious
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- R
- Romanization
- Cantonese, Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters景敬慶
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Roy King
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Roy King is a boy's name joining the English name Roy with the Chinese syllable King, for example 景 'bright', 敬 'respect' or 慶 'celebrate'.
Chinese characters for Roy King
This spelling is common in Cantonese and Hokkien romanization.
- 景
sunlight, bright, scenery
Cantonese ging2 / Hokkien kéng
- 敬
to respect, honour
Cantonese ging3 / Hokkien kèng
- 慶
to celebrate, auspicious
Hokkien khèng
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 Roy King
Roy King combines the English name Roy, an anglicized form of the Gaelic name Ruadh, with King, a romanized Chinese name syllable. King can stand for 景 'bright; scenery' or 敬 'respect' (Cantonese ging, Hokkien kéng/kèng), or 慶 'celebrate' in the Hokkien reading khèng. The meaning of the Chinese part depends on the characters the family chose.
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Roy · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: 景 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 敬 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 慶 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 景 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 敬 · mdbg.net · meaning
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