Entry № 11613 · Other origin

Xiulan Xiulan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Elegant orchid"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Chinese)

A name that means "elegant orchid".

Xiulan is from the Chinese 秀兰 (Xiùlán — xiù elegant/refined + lán orchid — elegant orchid, refined lily-orchid). Xiulan is one of the Chinese feminine names — central to traditional Chinese Confucian heritage. Chinese feminine name.

Elegant orchid (Chinese).

The name in its native script.

秀兰
Transliteration
Xiùlán
Pronunciation
/ ʃjuːˈlɑːn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Xiulan stands.

Xiulan 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.

Xiulans before her.

Real people

In fiction
Xiulan
Chinese elegant orchid + Four Gentlemen.

Names connected to Xiulan.

The number behind Xiulan.

9

The Giver

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