Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 友谅, 友良, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /joʊ̯.ljɑŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 友 (yǒu) meaning "friend, companion" combined with 谅 (liàng) meaning "excuse, forgive" or 良 (liáng) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable". Other character combinations can form this name as well.