Mei

Where Mei comes from

From Mandarin 美 (měi, “beautiful”), a common Chinese given name among women.
— Wiktionary's entry for Mei
  • Mandarin
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Mei through the years
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #4,764 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #1,733
    117 babies named Mei, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Mandarin.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.