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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Xin

  • 欣happy; joyous
  • 鑫abundant in wealth; prosperous (often used in names)
  • 心heart; mind
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
X
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
4
  • Chinese characters欣鑫心新
2

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Xin in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Xin is a Chinese name syllable in Mandarin pinyin, such as 欣 (happy), 鑫 (prosperous) or 心 (heart); its meaning depends on the characters.

Possible characters for Xin

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 欣

    happy; joyous

    Mandarin xīn

    attested

  • 鑫

    abundant in wealth; prosperous (often used in names)

    Mandarin xīn

    attested

  • 心

    heart; mind

    Mandarin xīn

  • 新

    new

    Mandarin xīn

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 Xin

Xin is the Mandarin pinyin spelling of xīn. The characters 欣 (happy) and 鑫 (prosperous) are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, and 心 (heart) and 新 (new) are also read xīn. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Xin in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
2000s
Share (girl)
28%
JPN entries
2
  • Girl 2000s · 28%

Entries containing this syllable: Xin Yi 1990s ♀ 1,399 · Xin Yi 2000s ♀ 2,704 · Jia Xin 2000s ♀ 1,409 · Xin Yi 2010s ♀ 966 · Jia Xin 2010s ♀ 850

Share of each decade’s top-10 total for that sex; names outside the tables have no figure. Chinese naming eras · Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Character pages

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

Chinese names with the syllable Xin

Sources

  1. MDBG: 欣 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. MDBG: 鑫 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. MDBG: 心 · mdbg.net · meaning
  4. MDBG: 新 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 欣 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. Wiktionary: 鑫 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 心 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. Wiktionary: 新 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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