Last July, Xmnext.com 新民网 reported the list of most common names in China. According to the report, the most common name is Zhang Wei, and there are 290,607 of them in China. Let's take look the top 10 list. It might be helpful when you exchange name cards with Chinese!!
Last name First name (its meaning) Sex Number of people
Zhang 张 Wei 伟 (great) M 290,607
Wang 王 Wei 伟 (great) M 281,568
Wang 王 Fang 芳 (fragrant) F 268,268
Li 李 Wei 伟 (great) M 260,980
Wang 王 Xiu Ying 秀英 (elegant, flower) F 246,737
Li 李 Xiu Ying 秀英 (elegant, flower) F 244,637
Li 李 Na 娜 (graceful) F 244,223
Zhang 张 Xiu Ying 秀英 (elegant, flower) F 236,266
Liu 刘 Wei 伟 (great) M 234,352
Zhang 张 Min 敏 (smart) F 233,708
Although the data is said to be from the Citizenship Inquiry Center of the Ministry of Public Security, who the most common name in China is still controversial. Popular first names for men are also : Jie 杰 (heroic), Yong 勇(brave), Qiang 强 (strong), Chao 超 (super) , Jun 军 (army), Tao 涛 (big wave), Ping 平 (peaceful) , Yang 洋 (ocean) etc. Popular first names for women are: Yan 艳 (glamorous) , Li 丽 (beautiful) Jing 静 (calm), Juan 娟 (beautiful).
To read this original article in Chinese, click here.
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