Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 秀芳, 秀方, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɕjoʊ̯.fɑŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 秀 (xiù) meaning "luxuriant, beautiful, elegant, outstanding" combined with 芳 (fāng) meaning "fragrant, virtuous, beautiful" or 方 (fāng) meaning "direction, way, square". Other character combinations can form this name as well.