Entry № 11612 · Chinese origin

Xiu Xiu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Chinese
Meaning
"Elegant, refined"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Chinese)

A name that means "elegant, refined".

Xiu (秀) is the Mandarin Chinese word for "elegant," "refined," or "excellent" — a single character used as a given name on its own or combined with others (Xiulan = "elegant orchid").

Xiu is widely used in China as a feminine name.

Elegant. The single Chinese character.

The name in its native script.

Transliteration
Xiù
Pronunciation
/ ʃjuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Xiu stands.

Xiu 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.

Xius before her.

Real people

In fiction
Xiu
Common in Chinese fiction.

Names connected to Xiu.

The number behind Xiu.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Xiu reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.