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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Chinese
Scripts 小未, 小威, 小玮, 晓伟, 晓维, 晓薇, 孝威, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. /ɕjɑʊ̯.weɪ̯/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small", 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" or 孝 (xiào) meaning "filial piety, obedience" combined with 未 (wèi) referring to the eighth Earthly Branch (1 PM to 3 PM), which itself is associated with the sheep of the Chinese zodiac, 威 (wēi) meaning "power, pomp", 玮 (wěi) meaning "precious, rare, valuable, jade", 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary", 维 (wéi) meaning "tie, fasten, preserve, maintain" or 薇 (wēi) meaning "fern". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Added 3/19/2021 by HL