Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 洋洋, 阳阳, 杨杨, 扬扬, etc.(Chinese) 洋洋, 陽陽, 楊楊, 揚揚, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /jaŋ.jaŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Reduplication of Chinese 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean", 阳 (yáng) meaning "light, sun, male", 杨 (yáng) meaning "willow, poplar, aspen" or 扬 (yáng) meaning "raise, lift, spread, scatter". Other character combinations can form this name as well.