Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 文娴, etc.(Chinese) 文嫻, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /wən.ɕi̯ɛn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing" combined with 娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, gentle, skilled, adept". Other character combinations can form this name as well.