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Wing Yin name meaning

  • 永贤eternal, forever; virtuous, wise
  • 荣贤glory, to flourish; virtuous, wise
  • 永彦eternal, forever; a person of virtue and ability
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
W
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters永贤荣贤永彦
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Wing Yin

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Chinese Names: W

Wing Yin is a male Chinese name; written 永贤 it means 'eternal' and 'virtuous', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Wing Yin

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 永贤

    eternal, forever; virtuous, wise

    Cantonese wing5 jin4 / Mandarin yǒng xián

    attested

  • 荣贤

    glory, to flourish; virtuous, wise

    Cantonese wing4 jin4 / Mandarin róng xián

  • 永彦

    eternal, forever; a person of virtue and ability

    Cantonese wing5 jin6 / Mandarin yǒng yàn

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 Wing Yin

Wing Yin is a male Chinese name spelling from the Cantonese reading wing jin. Wing commonly stands for 永 (eternal) or 荣 (glory), and Yin for 贤 (virtuous, wise) or 彦 (a person of virtue and ability). The characters 永贤 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationCantonese
PartsWing + Yin
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: 永 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 賢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 榮 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 彥 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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