Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 乔妍, 俏妍, 俏燕(Chinese) Other Forms FormsQiao Yan Meaning & History From the Chinese 乔 (qiáo) meaning "tall, lofty, proud" or 俏 (qiào) meaning "like, similar, resemble" and 妍 (yán) meaning "beautiful, handsome" or 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)".