Entry № 11602 · Other origin

Xiaolin Xiaolin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHYOW-leen /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Small forest"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Chinese)

A name that means "small forest".

Xiaolin is from the Chinese 小林 (Xiǎolín — xiǎo small/little + lín forest/grove — little forest, small grove). Xiaolin is one of the Chinese feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Chinese heritage. The Chinese Xiǎo (小 small) compound family is one of the Chinese affectionate-diminutive naming heritages. Chinese feminine name reflecting Chinese natural heritage.

Small forest (Chinese).

The name in its native script.

小林
Transliteration
Xiǎolín
Pronunciation
/ ʃjaʊˈliːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Xiaolin stands.

Xiaolin does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Xiaolins before her.

Real people

In fiction
Xiaolin
Chinese small forest + Shaolin heritage echo.

Names connected to Xiaolin.

The number behind Xiaolin.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Xiaolin reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.