Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 河林, 荷林, 和林, 河琳, 荷琳, 和琳, ect.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /xo.lin/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From 河 (hé) meaning "river, stream" or 荷 (hé) meaning "lotus, water lily" or 和 (hé) meaning "harmony, peace" combined with 林 (lín) meaning "forest" or 琳 (lín) meaning "fine jade, jem". Other character combinations can form this name aswell.