Chinese (Cantonese) Submitted Names

Cantonese names are used in southeast China (including Hong Kong and Macau). Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Chinese names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Amoe f Hawaiian, Chinese (Cantonese)
Hawaiian form of the Cantonese Amoy (Ah Mooi), meaning "younger sister".

Camus m French (Rare), Chinese (Cantonese, Rare, ?)
Transferred use of the surname Camus.

Cheuk 卓 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Zhuo.

Cheuk-yan 卓恩 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Chuen 銓 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Chui 翠 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Cui.

Chui-yee 翠怡 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Chung 仲 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Zhong.

Chung-yan 仲仁 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Daat 達 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese Chinese form of 達 (see Da).... [more]

Damin m Chinese (Cantonese)

Fan 芬 f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Fen 1.

Gin 健 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Hanxi m Chinese (Cantonese)

Heyi m Chinese (Cantonese)
legendary name very rare and endangered

Hins 敬轩 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Jingxuan.

Hiu 曉 f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Xiao.

Hiu-lam 曉林 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Ho 浩, 可 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)

Hoi 海 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Means "ocean" and is often combined with a second character to form a given name. For example, the female name 海婷 (Hoi Ting).

Ho-ying 可盈 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Ho-yuen 浩源 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Jer 哲 m & f English, Chinese (Cantonese), Taiwanese
As an English masculine name, it can be used as a diminutive for names beginning with Jer-, like Jerry, Jerome or Jeremy.... [more]

Joean m & f Chinese (Cantonese, Finnicized, Rare)

Ka 家 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Jia.

Ka-chuen 家銓 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Kai 佳 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Jia.

Kai-shek 介石 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Jieshi, notably borne by the Chinese politician, revolutionary, and military leader Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), also known as Jiang Jieshi, the first president of Taiwan; he was previously the leader of mainland China from 1928 until 1949, when the Kuomintang nationalist government was defeated in the Chinese Civil War by the Chinese Communist Party, led by the founder of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong.

Kar-gee 嘉驹 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Kar Ling 嘉玲 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Jialing.

Kei 淇 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Khie 其 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of 其 ( see Qi).

Kwok 國 f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Guo.

Kwok-fan 國芬 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Lam 林, 琳 f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Lin.

Leong m & f Chinese (Cantonese), Malaysian
Variant of Liang.

Leung m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Variant of Liang.

Lok 諾, 樂 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)

Man 文 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Wen.

Man-kai m Chinese (Cantonese)

Mei-sun m Chinese (Cantonese)

Mui 玫 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Mei.

Mui-wui 玫薈 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Neath f Chinese (Cantonese)

Nga 雅 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)

Nga-ting 雅婷 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Ping 萍 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)

Pui 贝, 佩, 珮 f & m Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hakka)
Cantonese romanized of Pei.

Pui-shan 珮珊 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Pui-ting 佩婷 f Chinese (Cantonese)

She 她 f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese form of Shi.

Sukan f Chinese (Cantonese)

Suk-yee 淑怡 f Chinese (Cantonese)
淑 suk6 - "Warm and virtuous". 怡 ji4 - "Harmony / Pleased"

Tak 德 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of De.

Takming 德明, 德铭, 德銘 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Deming.

Tak-wah 德樺 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Tat 達 m Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Cantonese, Rare)
Hokkien Chinese form and Cantonese Chinese variant transcription of 達 (see Da and Daat).... [more]

Ting-ting 婷莛 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Tsun 浚 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Jun.

Tsun-lok 浚諾 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Wah 樺 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Wai 韋 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)

Wai-lok 韋樂 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Wing 榮 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Rong.

Wo 和 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese Chinese form of 和 (see He).... [more]

Wui 薈 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Hui.

Yan 恩, 仁 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of En.

Yanmi f Chinese (Cantonese)
Means "elegant and clever" In Cantonese Chinese.

Yanmu f Chinese (Cantonese)
Means "perfect" in Cantonese Chinese.

Yee 怡 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Yi.

Ying 盈 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)

Yuen 源, 宛, 沅, 婉 m & f Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Wan.

Yuen-kei 宛淇 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Yuen-ping 婉萍 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)

Yui 睿 f & m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Rui.

Yui-lam 睿琳 f Chinese (Cantonese)

Yuk 育 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanized of Yu.

Yuk-wing 育榮 m Chinese (Cantonese)

Yun-fat 润发, 潤發 m Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Runfa. This name is borne by the Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat (1955-).

Zi 紫, 姿, 子 f & m Chinese, Chinese (Cantonese)
Derived from the Chinese character 紫 (zĭ) meaning "purple" or 姿 (zī) meaning "appearence, gesture, presence, posture" or 子 (zǐ) meaning "child".... [more]

Zi-gin 子健 m Chinese (Cantonese)

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