Given name Chinese name

荷旭 Hé Xù

A water lily faces the rising sun, combining flora and dawn light.

Given name: 荷旭 Usage: female Era: modern
Hé Xù

Character by character

荷
hé

lotus, water lily; Holland

旭
xù

rising sun; brilliance; radiant

Why it works

Lotus reflecting the rising sun, elegant and bright, full of vitality.

Why it reads this way

荷旭 (Hé Xù) is an editorial Chinese given name. 荷 means lotus, water lily; Holland. 旭 means rising sun; brilliance; radiant. The feel is radiant, pure, uplifting, leaning female. It's a curated combination rather than a classical citation, so use it as a starting point and check the full name with a Chinese speaker.

Sound

The pinyin is Hé Xù. Say it slowly, then at normal speed. If a tone feels difficult, practice the syllable alone before putting the full name together. A Chinese speaker will usually understand an imperfect tone in context, but the closer you get, the more natural the name feels.

How to introduce it

“My Chinese name is 荷旭. 荷 — lotus, water lily; Holland; 旭 — rising sun; brilliance; radiant.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李荷旭 (Lǐ Hé Xù), using the surname 李. You can also use no surname at all.

This page is editorial. A name can be a good fit even if it is not in our corpus; use the name checker for an existing name, or the Finder for a new one.