At a Glance: Name: Huệ – 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
Phonetic: HWAY IPA: /hweɪ/
Popularity of Huệ
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1913–2024.
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