Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 彦玮, 彦威, 妍玮, etc.(Chinese) 彥瑋, 彥威, 妍瑋, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /jɛn.weɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 彦 (yàn) meaning "elegant, handsome, learned" or 妍 (yán) meaning "beautiful" combined with 玮 (wěi) meaning "fine jade, rare, precious" or 威 (wēi) meaning "power, pomp". Other character combinations can form this name as well.