Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Chinese
Scripts 未琴, 薇琴, 微琴, 威琴, 巍琴, 伟琴, 未秦, 薇秦, 微秦, 威秦, 巍秦, 伟秦, etc.(Chinese)
Other Forms FormsMikoto (Japanese), Mi-geum (Korean)
Meaning & History
From the Chinese character 未 (wèi) meaning "not yet", 薇 (wēi) meaning "fern" (feminine only), 微 (wēi) meaning "small" (feminine only), 威 (wēi) meaning "power, pomp", 巍 (wēi) meaning "high, lofty, towering", or 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary" combined with 琴 (qín) referring to the Chinese musical instrument similar to a zither or 秦 (qín) regarding the Qin Dinasty (221 BC–206 BC), itself coming from Qin, an ancient Chinese state.Other character combinations can form this name as well.