Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 明洋, 铭洋, 明阳, 铭阳, ect.(Chinese) 明洋, 銘洋, 明陽, 銘陽, ect.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /miŋ.jɑŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From 明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭 (míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave" combined with 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean" or 阳 (yáng) meaning "light, sun, male". Other character combinations can form this name aswell.