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Yin Loo name meaning

  • 茵露mattress, cushion; dew
  • 茵如mattress, cushion; like, as
  • 燕露swallow; dew
Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
Y
Romanization
Hokkien, Cantonese
Character options
3
Gender
♀ Girl
  • Chinese characters茵露茵如燕露
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records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Yin Loo

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Chinese Names: Y

Yin Loo is a Chinese girl's name, usually from Hokkien; one option is 茵露, meaning 'mattress, cushion; dew'.

Chinese characters for Yin Loo

This spelling is common in Hokkien and Cantonese romanization.

  • 茵露

    mattress, cushion; dew

    Hokkien in lō͘ / Mandarin yīn lù

  • 茵如

    mattress, cushion; like, as

    Hokkien in lû / Mandarin yīn rú

  • 燕露

    swallow; dew

    Cantonese jin3 lou6 / Mandarin yàn lù

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 Yin Loo

Yin Loo is a romanized spelling of a girl's name, usually from Hokkien pronunciation. In Hokkien, Yin can stand for 茵 (in) and Loo for 露 (lō͘) or 如 (lû); in Cantonese, 燕露 is read jin3 lou6. Character options: 茵露 (mattress, cushion; dew); 茵如 (mattress, cushion; like, as); 燕露 (swallow; dew). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♀ Girl
RomanizationHokkien, Cantonese
PartsYin + Loo
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: 茵 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 茵 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 露 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 露 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 如 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 如 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 燕 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 燕 · mdbg.net · meaning

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