21 days ago by Mercy Kamunya.

Most common first name china. Foreigners are allowed to give their children Chinese male names because sharing names unite. For 2018 the top 5 last names are 李王张刘陈. Wang Jing Quan Chow.

The most common surname in mainland China in 2019 with 93 million people. Learning these surname characters will also help you to remember the names of Chinese people you meet as the name will be more familiar to you.

You might just find that one of these great names is just the right blend of exotic perfect-nessexactly what you were looking for. Pretty jade gift gold elegant moon pure dragon one wise brave child happiness kind light sun star ocean rain you sky china life king grace chinese heart precious river peace happy can family world wisdom love smart lotus beauty beautiful orchid strong great little cute good flower. Mary Susan Emma Sophia etc.

For example a commoner may only have one name the given name while a member of the nobility could have up to four names and two titles. Among all the family names 100 common ones cover almost 87 of. The most popular three are Li Wang and Zhang respectively occupying about 79 74 and 71 of the whole Chinese population.

A list of the top ten most popular baby names in China for the past year. There was a Chen dynasty in the Period of Disunity. Westerners Ill speak to Americans because thats the culture I know best tend to reuse a lot of given names.

Even learning just the top 20 will be very useful. For Chinese names it is not meaningful to talk about the most popular first names. Well at the very least a few of these great gems might make it to your short list.