Wei (given name)

Wei is a Chinese given name. The form 伟 (wěi in pinyin) is the most common Chinese given name, accounting for approximately 0.5% of Chinese people.

Written forms

Wei can be written using different Chinese characters and can mean:

As a masculine name:

• 威, "power"
• 巍, "lofty"
• 伟, "great"
• 卫, "guard"

As a feminine name:

• 薇, "rose"
• 微, "small"

Unisex:

• 唯, "only"
• 未, "future"
• 巍, "lofty"
• 维, "dimension"

Notable people with name Wei

• Wei Wei (韦唯), Chinese singer
• Tang Wei (湯唯), Chinese actress
• Dou Wei (竇唯), Chinese singer and songwriter
• Son Wei (孫暐), Japanese fashion model (of Chinese origin)
• Wei Chen, Canadian television and radio journalist
• Shen Wei (沈瑋), Chinese artist and photographer
• Zhao Wei (趙薇), Chinese film actress and pop singer, sometimes referred to by her English name, Vicki Zhao
• Wei (stage name), Korean rapper from the k-pop group "Up10tion"

See also

• Wei (surname)

References

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