At a Glance
- Meaning
- Tuberose, a fragrant flower (hoa huệ); sometimes loosely rendered as 'lily'
- Origin
- Sino-Vietnamese
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- HWAY
Huệ is a Sino-Vietnamese unisex name meaning “tuberose, a fragrant flower (hoa huệ); sometimes loosely rendered as 'lily'”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Huệ
Meaning: Tuberose, a fragrant flower (hoa huệ); sometimes loosely rendered as 'lily'.
Origin: Sino-Vietnamese.
A common claim: Often simplified to 'lily'. Actually: The flower named by this word is properly the tuberose, not a true lily -- 'lily' is an imprecise popular translation.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Huệ
HWAYIPA /hweɪ/
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