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With 104 681 bearers, Mei is the 14th most common given name in Hong Kong (2014 Data). With 23 103 bearers, Mei is the 20th most common feminine given name in Singapore (2014 Data). With 6 240 bearers, Mei is the 16th most common given name in Macau (2014 Data). Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/mei
Mei is also used as a masculine name in Chinese. However, it's more common for females. So, I think that the "Gender" of this name should be changed from "Feminine" to "Feminine & Masculine". Some evidence for this is that Mei is also used as a name element in unisex and masculine Chinese names such as Meili, Meiling, Meihua, Meilin, Meihui, Meiqing, Meichun, and Mei-sun.Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/mei
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/meili
https://forebears.io/forenames/meiling
https://forebears.io/forenames/meihua
https://forebears.io/forenames/meilin
https://forebears.io/forenames/meihui
https://forebears.io/forenames/meiqing
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/meichun
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/mei-sun
Overused by people who want to attempt to make up an "Asian Name." I read books with supposedly "Asian girls" whose names are Mei-Ling, Mei-Chen, Mei-Tang, Chin-Mei, Chang-Mei. It gets annoying after a while. I know that this is supposed to be a popular girls' name in China but in my Chinese school years, I've never heard of a student with "Mei" in their name at all!
Often, Mei is used twice (Mei Mei), which makes this beautiful name sound rather quaint (not a bad thing at all!)

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