Chinese Names · Unisex
Yi Wei name meaning
- 怡威joy, harmony; power, might
- 怡薇joy, harmony; a fern (royal fern)
- 依薇to depend on, to follow; a fern (royal fern)
- Letters
- 5
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- Y
- Romanization
- Mandarin (pinyin)
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂♀ Unisex
- Chinese characters怡威怡薇依薇
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Yi Wei
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yi Wei is a Chinese girl's name in Mandarin spelling; one character option is 怡威, meaning joy; power, might.
Chinese characters for Yi Wei
This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.
- 怡威
joy, harmony; power, might
Mandarin yí wēi
attested
- 怡薇
joy, harmony; a fern (royal fern)
Mandarin yí wēi
- 依薇
to depend on, to follow; a fern (royal fern)
Mandarin yī wēi
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 Wei
Yi Wei is a Hanyu Pinyin (Mandarin) spelling of a Chinese name. Yi can stand for 怡 (yí, joy) or 依 (yī, to depend on), and Wei for 威 (wēi, power, might) or 薇 (wēi, a fern). The characters 怡威 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters a family chose, since one spelling can stand for many characters.
| Gender | ♂♀ Boys and girls |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Mandarin (pinyin) |
| Parts | Yi + Wei |
| 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: 怡 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 怡 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 威 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 威 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 薇 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 薇 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 依 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 依 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 溢 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 溢 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 毅 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 毅 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 偉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 伟 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 逸 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 逸 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 維 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 维 · mdbg.net · meaning
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