Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 旻窈, 敏遥(Chinese) Other Forms FormsMin Yao Meaning & History From the Chinese 旻 (mín) meaning "heaven" or 敏 (mǐn) meaning "agile, nimble, quick, fast, clever" and 窈 (yǎo) meaning "obscure, secluded, refined" or 遥 (yáo) meaning "far away, distant".