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Wei Kiat name meaning

  • 伟杰great, extraordinary; hero, outstanding
  • 威杰power, majesty; hero, outstanding
  • 伟吉great, extraordinary; auspicious, lucky
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
W
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters伟杰威杰伟吉
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Wei Kiat

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: W

Wei Kiat is a male Chinese name; written 伟杰 it means 'great' and 'hero, outstanding', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Wei Kiat

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 伟杰

    great, extraordinary; hero, outstanding

    Mandarin wěi / Hokkien úi kia̍t

    attested

  • 威杰

    power, majesty; hero, outstanding

    Mandarin wēi / Hokkien ui kia̍t

  • 伟吉

    great, extraordinary; auspicious, lucky

    Mandarin wěi / Hokkien úi kiat

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 Wei Kiat

Wei Kiat is a male Chinese name spelling that pairs Wei (as in Mandarin wěi for 伟 or wēi for 威) with Kiat from the Hokkien reading kia̍t (杰, hero) or kiat (吉, lucky). The characters 伟杰 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsWei + Kiat
First letterChinese Names starting with W

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 偉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 傑 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 威 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 吉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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