Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 海明, 海铭, etc.(Chinese) 海明, 海銘, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /xaɪ̯.miŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 海 (hǎi) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave". Other character combinations can form this name as well.