Chinese Names · Girl
Yin Yin name meaning
- 盈盈full, overflowing
- 茵茵mattress, cushion
- 燕燕swallow
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 1●
- First letter
- Y
- Romanization
- Hakka, Hokkien
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Chinese characters盈盈茵茵燕燕
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Yin Yin
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Yin Yin is a Chinese girl's name; 盈盈 (Hakka yìn yìn) means 'full, overflowing', though the spelling can stand for other characters.
Chinese characters for Yin Yin
This spelling is common in Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese and Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.
- 盈盈
full, overflowing
Hakka yìn yìn / Mandarin yíng yíng
attested
- 茵茵
mattress, cushion
Hokkien in in / Mandarin yīn yīn
- 燕燕
swallow
Cantonese jin3 jin3 / Mandarin yàn yàn
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 Yin
Yin Yin is a girl's name that repeats one syllable. The characters 盈盈 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling; 盈 is read yìn in Hakka. The same spelling also fits 茵 (Hokkien in, Mandarin yīn) and 燕 (Cantonese jin3). Character options: 盈盈 (full, overflowing); 茵茵 (mattress, cushion); 燕燕 (swallow). The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Romanization | Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin (pinyin) |
| Parts | Yin |
| 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: 盈 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 盈 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 茵 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 茵 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 燕 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- MDBG: 燕 · mdbg.net · meaning
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