Girls are traditionally given names with meanings associated with grace, beauty and gentleness such as huan - beautiful, mei - enchanting, hu - flower, -ting - graceful, feng - phoenix, ring or yin - silver, although this custom is becoming less common.
The novelist Jung Chang was originally named 'Er-Hong' or 'Wild Swan' as this used part of her mother's name. With a different pronunciation, this also meant 'Faded Red' - not an auspicious title for a young member of the communist party - so this was later abandoned.
| Ah-ch'ou | Ah-chu | Ah-lam |
| Ai-ling | An | An-mei |
| An-xi | Bao | Bao-yu |
| Ben-xu | Bik | Cai |
| Cai-yun | Ch'ui-hsia | Ch'un-hsiang |
| Chen | Chin-chiao | Chin-chih |
| Ching | Chu-hua | Chun |
| Chun-hsia | Chun-hsiang | Chun-lan |
| Chun-ping | Chwun-hwa | Chwun-yu |
| Ci-xi | Dan | Dao-ming |
| Da-xia | De | Dina |
| Ding | Donglu | Dou |
| Dou-wan | Er-hong | Fang |
| Fang-hua | Fei | Feng |
| Feng-ying | Foh | Fu-gin |
| Gaik-hong | Gschu | Gui-fei |
| Hai-xia | Hai-ying | He-man |
| Ho | Hong | Hong-miao |
| Hong-yan | Hseuh | Hsing-hsing |
| Hsiu-feng | Hsui-ying | Hua |
| Huan | Huang | Hui |
| Hui-fang | Hui-lan | Hu-lan |
| Jai | Jeak-ling | Jiang-kui |
| Jia-ni | Jian-ku | Jian-kui |
| Jian-ping | Ji-hong | Jing |
| Jing-mei | Jing-shin | Jing-wei |
| Jing-yi | Jing-zhi | Jin-hua |
| Jin-shan | Jue-feng | Jui-juan |
| Jun | Jung | Jung-jie |
| Jy-ying | Kit ling | Kuei-fen |
| Kwan | Lai | Lan |
| Lang | Lao-shih | Lei |
| Li | Lian | Lian-hua |
| Lien | Lien-ying | Li-hua |
| Li-juan | Li-jun | Lili |
| Li-li | Li-min | Li-ming |
| Lin | Li-na | Lin-do |
| Ling | Ling-juan | Lin-wei |
| Li-ping | Liu-hong | Li-ya |
| Lu | Mae-wan | Mao |
| May-ling | Mei | Mei-chu |
| Mei-chuan | Mei-hua | Mei-kai |
| Mei-li | Mei-lian | Mei-lin |
| Mei-ling | Mei-shio | Mei-su |
| Mei-xing | Mei-ying | Mei-zhen |
| Mei-zhu | Memg | Miao-yin |
| Min | Ming | Ming-zing |
| Min-luong | Mo-chou | Mu |
| My-lai | Nai-jian | Nan |
| Nan-nan | Nine | Niu-niu |
| Nui | Nu-wa | Pao-pao |
| Pei-hsi | Pei-jun | Pei-pei |
| Phan-hue | Ping | Qing |
| Qiu-ju | Qiu-rui | Qui |
| Quing | Qun | Ran-ting |
| Rong-fang | Rou-wan | Rui-hong |
| Ruina | Ruinna | Rui-ping |
| Ru-ping | Sa-kota | Sang-wa |
| Shan-lee | Shao-yan | Shi-ting |
| Shoshana | Shou-yun | Shu-kian |
| Shu-ting | Sia-wai | Song-lian |
| Su-chen | Su-chu | Suet-lin |
| Sung-lee | Su-yin | Su-yuan |
| Sze-mei | Szu | Szu-zhan |
| Tai-hoi | Tan-hung | Te-ling |
| Ting | Ts'ui-fang | Tsai-chin |
| Tsao-lin | Tse | Tung-mei |
| Tzu-his | Wai-ting | Wan |
| Wei | Wei-hong | Wei-li |
| Wei-min | Wei-yan | Wen |
| Weng | Wen-hua | Wen-jiing |
| Wen-jing | Wen-rong | Woei-wan |
| Xiang | Xiao-bo | Xiao-cheng |
| Xiao-jie | Xiao-jun | Xiao-lan |
| Xiao-li | Xiao-mei | Xiaoming |
| Xiao-niao | Xiao-xia | Xiao-xian |
| Xiao-xing | Xiao-ying | Xide |
| Xi-lan | Xin | Xing-jiang |
| Xiong-hong | Xiu-lan | Xiu-mei |
| Xiu-min | Xiu-ying | Xue |
| Xue-di | Xue-mei | Xuer-nei |
| Xu-hu | Xu-xa | Yan |
| Yan-hong | Yan-jun | Yan-mei |
| Ya-ping | Yasha | Yehonala |
| Yi | Yi-ku | Yin |
| Ying | Ying-nana | Ying-tai |
| Ying-ying | Yi-xuan | Yong |
| Yong-mei | Yong-tai | Yuan |
| Yuan-yuan | Yue | Yue-feng |
| Yue-qin | Yu-ling | Yu-mei |
| Yung-ping | Yun-he | Yun-ping |
| Yu-shiou | Yu-zhu | Zan |
| Zhao-ying | Zhen | Zhen-li |
| Zhi-chao | Zhi-hong | Zhuo |
| Zi |
This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.
Copies may be made for personal use only.