Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 丽美, 黎梅, 荔梅, 丽梅, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /li.meɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 丽 (lì) meaning "beautiful, lovely", 黎 (lí) meaning "black, dawn", or 荔 (lì) meaning "lychee" combined with 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful" or 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot". Other character combinations can form this name as well.