Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 美砂, 梅砂, 莓砂, 玫砂(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. MAY-SHYAH [key] Meaning & History From Chinese 美 (měi) meaning "beauty", 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot", 莓 (méi) meaning "berry, strawberry", or 玫 (méi) meaning "rose, gemstone" combined with 砂 (shā) meaning "sand". Other character combinations can form this name as well.