Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 咏梅, 咏美, etc.(Chinese) 詠梅, 詠美, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /jʊŋ.meɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 咏 (yǒng) meaning "sing, hum, chant" combined with 梅 (méi) meaning "plum, apricot" or 美 (měi) meaning "beautiful". Other character combinations can form this name as well.