Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 芮麟, 瑞林, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. ZHWAY-LEEN, RWAY-LEEN [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Chinese 芮 (ruì) meaning "small, tiny" or 瑞 (ruì) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious" combined with 麟 (lín) meaning "female unicorn" or 林 (lín) meaning "forest". Other character combinations can form this name as well.