Chinese Names · Girl
Yan Yee name meaning
- 恩儀kindness, grace; ceremony, rite
- 恩怡kindness, grace; cheerful, joyous
- 欣怡happy; cheerful, joyous
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- Y
- Romanization
- Cantonese
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Chinese characters恩儀恩怡欣怡
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Yan Yee
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yan Yee is a female Chinese name; written 恩怡 it means 'kindness' and 'cheerful', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Chinese characters for Yan Yee
This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.
- 恩儀
kindness, grace; ceremony, rite
Cantonese jan1 ji4 / Mandarin ēn yí
attested
- 恩怡
kindness, grace; cheerful, joyous
Cantonese jan1 ji4 / Mandarin ēn yí
- 欣怡
happy; cheerful, joyous
Cantonese jan1 ji4 / Mandarin xīn yí
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 Yan Yee
Yan Yee is a female Chinese name spelling from the Cantonese reading jan ji. Yan may stand for 恩 (kindness) or 欣 (happy), and Yee for 儀 (ceremony, rite) or 怡 (cheerful). The characters 恩儀 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Cantonese |
| Parts | Yan + Yee |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with Y |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- Wiktionary: 恩 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 儀 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 怡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 欣 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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