Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 晓芳, 小芳, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɕjɑʊ̯.fɑŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" or 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" combined with 芳 (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful". Other character combinations can form this name as well.