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Swee Lian name meaning

  • 瑞莲auspicious omen; lotus
  • 瑞蓮auspicious omen; lotus
Letters
8
Syllables
2
First letter
S
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
2
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters瑞莲瑞蓮
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Swee Lian

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: S

Swee Lian is a Chinese girl's name in Hokkien spelling; its meaning depends on the characters, for example 瑞莲 (auspicious omen; lotus).

Chinese characters for Swee Lian

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 瑞莲

    auspicious omen; lotus

    Hokkien sūi liân / Mandarin ruì lián

    attested

  • 瑞蓮

    auspicious omen; lotus

    Hokkien sūi liân / Mandarin ruì lián

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 Swee Lian

Swee Lian is a Hokkien romanization of a Chinese given name. Swee usually stands for 瑞 (sūi, auspicious omen) and Lian for 蓮 (liân, lotus), written 莲 in simplified characters. The characters 瑞莲 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationHokkien
PartsSwee + Lian
First letterChinese Names starting with S

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 瑞 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 瑞 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 蓮 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 莲 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. MDBG: 蓮 · mdbg.net · meaning

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