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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Xuan

  • 轩high; lofty
  • 煊warm
  • 萱daylily; mother
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
X
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
4
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters轩煊萱宣
3

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

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Xuan is a Chinese name syllable whose meaning depends on the character, for example 轩 (high) or 煊 (warm).

Possible characters for Xuan

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 轩

    high; lofty

    Mandarin xuān

    attested

  • 煊

    warm

    Mandarin xuān

    attested

  • 萱

    daylily; mother

    Mandarin xuān

  • 宣

    to declare; to spread

    Mandarin xuān

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 Xuan

Xuan is a romanized Chinese name syllable, usually from Mandarin. The spelling is the Hanyu Pinyin form of the Mandarin syllable xuān. Characters recorded for Malaysians with this spelling include 轩 and 煊. Possible characters include 轩 (high); 煊 (warm); 萱 (daylily); 宣 (to declare). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Xuan in the JPN ‘Cina’ tables

Peak era
2010s
Share (girl)
47%
JPN entries
5
  • Girl 2010s · 47%

Entries containing this syllable: Jia Xuan 2000s ♀ 1,338 · Yi Xuan 2000s ♀ 1,169 · Yu Xuan 2010s ♀ 1,317 · Yi Xuan 2010s ♀ 1,008 · Jia Xuan 2010s ♀ 984 · Zhi Xuan 2010s ♀ 975 · Zi Xuan 2010s ♀ 905

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 Xuan

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 軒 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 煊 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 萱 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 宣 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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