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Yi Shyan name meaning

  • 奕贤great, bright; virtuous, wise
  • 毅贤resolute, firm; virtuous, wise
  • 逸贤leisurely; virtuous, wise
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
Y
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters奕贤毅贤逸贤

Chinese Names: Y

Yi Shyan is a Chinese boy's name based on Mandarin; written 奕贤 it means 'great; virtuous', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Yi Shyan

  • 奕贤

    great, bright; virtuous, wise

    Mandarin yì xián (Gwoyeu Romatzyh shyan)

    attested

  • 毅贤

    resolute, firm; virtuous, wise

    Mandarin yì xián (Gwoyeu Romatzyh shyan)

  • 逸贤

    leisurely; virtuous, wise

    Mandarin yì xián (Gwoyeu Romatzyh shyan)

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 Yi Shyan

Yi Shyan is a Chinese boy's name based on Mandarin; Shyan is the Gwoyeu Romatzyh spelling of xián. Yi can stand for 奕 (great, bright), 毅 (resolute) or 逸 (leisurely), and Shyan commonly for 贤 (virtuous, wise). The characters 奕贤 are recorded in public data for this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
PartsYi + Shyan
First letterChinese Names starting with Y

Character pages

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

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 奕 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 毅 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 逸 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 賢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 贤 · mdbg.net · meaning

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