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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Chinese
Scripts 奧運, 奥运, 奥云, 傲云, 傲雲(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. OW-YUYN  [key]
Other Forms FormsÀoyùn, Ào Yùn, Àoyún, Ào Yún

Meaning & History

This name is made up of 奧 (ào)/奥 (ào, yù), the simplified version of 奧, meaning "mysterious, obscure, profound" and 運/运 (yùn) meaning "run, luck, fortune, ship, transport," the first meaning added for 运, the simplified version of 運. In other words, it's an abbreviated form of 奧林匹克運動會/奥林匹克运动会 (Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì) meaning "Olympic Games."
It can also be used as 奥云, 傲云, 傲雲 with 云 (yún) meaning "say, speak, clouds," 傲 (ào) meaning "proud, haughty, overbearing" and 雲, the traditional version of 云 with the meaning of "clouds."

According to a BBC article published on June 11, 2008, quoting officials in charge of identity cards, 4,104 Aoyuns were registered in China at the time of the article's publishing (more than 92% of them boys), starting with the first surge of Aoyuns in 1992 when China applied to host the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, then in 2002 when it was chosen to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and, finally, in 2008 in the run-up to and, presumably, during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
Added 3/13/2016 by LMS
Edited 2/23/2018 by m4yb3_daijirou and LMS