Given name Chinese name

嘉莹 Jiā Yíng

excellent, auspicious; luster of gems; bright, lustrous

Given name: 嘉莹 Usage: neutral Era: classical-modern

This is a basic library entry. The longer editorial profile for this name is still being expanded.

Jiā Yíng

Character by character

嘉
jiā

excellent, auspicious

莹
yíng

luster of gems; bright, lustrous

Why it works

excellent, auspicious; luster of gems; bright, lustrous

Sound

The pinyin is Jiā Yíng. 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 嘉莹. 嘉 — excellent, auspicious; 莹 — luster of gems; bright, lustrous.”

A common full-name pattern would be 李嘉莹 (Lǐ Jiā Yíng), 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.