At a Glance
- Meaning
- Hope or brightness
- Origin
- Chinese
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- HAY
Hei is a Chinese unisex name meaning “Hope or brightness”. It appears in our list of 175+ Baby Names That Mean Dark or Night — Mysterious, Moody, and Magnetic.
Meaning & Origin of Hei
Meaning: Hope or brightness.
Origin: Chinese.
A common claim: Black Actually: While the Mandarin word hēi means 'black', Chinese names romanized as Hei usually represent Cantonese names meaning 'hope' or 'bright'.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Hei
HAYIPA /heɪ/
Popularity of Hei
Hei doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Hei
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Kuroi · Yin · Tsukiko · Ankoku · Yua · Kuro
