Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 燕飞, 妍霏, etc.(Chinese) 燕飛, 妍霏, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /jɛn.feɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)" or 妍 (yán) meaning "beautiful, handsome" combined with 飞 (fēi) meaning "to fly" or 霏 (fēi) meaning "fall of snow". Other character combinations can form this name as well.