Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 元蔚, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɥɛn.weɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 元 (yuán) meaning "first, origin" combined with 蔚 (wèi) meaning "luxuriant, lush, exuberant". Other character combinations can form this name as well.