Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 小云, 霄云, 晓云, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɕjɑʊ̯.yn/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small", 霄 (xiāo) meaning "sky, clouds, heaven" or 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" combined with 云 (yún) meaning "cloud". Other character combinations can form this name as well.