Meaning & History
From the Chinese 秀 (xiù) meaning "beautiful, elegant, flowering, luxuriant, refined, graceful" or 绣 (xiù) meaning "embroider, embroidery, ornament" and 先 (xiān) meaning "first", 贤 (xián) meaning "virtuous, worthy" or 纤 (xiān) meaning "fine, delicate, graceful".