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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Chinese
Scripts 依然, 毅然, 一燃(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. EE-Ran  [key]
Other Forms FormsYīrán (依然 & 一燃), Yìrán (毅然)

Meaning & History

As a unisex name, it can be used as 依然 or 毅然 with 依 (yī) meaning "according to, depend on, near to," 毅 (yì) meaning "perseverance" and 然 (rán) meaning "correct, right, so, thus, like this, -ly."
As a masculine name, it is used as 一燃 with 一 (yī) meaning "one, single" and 燃 (rán) meaning "burn, combustion."

The unisex forms coincide with the word 依然 (yīrán) meaning "still, as before" and adverb 毅然 (yìrán) meaning "without hesitation, resolutely."
Added 9/30/2015 by Nancy
Edited 3/6/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou