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.[1]

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"

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"

Fictional characters

• Wei, a character from The Lingo Show, a kids' TV show.
• Wei Shen, a Hong Kong-American police detective in Sleeping Dogs, a 2012 action-adventure game made by Square Enix and United Front Games.
• Shen Wei (沈巍), a character from the Chinese BL web novel and show Guardian (web series), written by Priest.

See also

• Wei (surname)

References

1. Guo, J.-Z.; Chen, Q.-H.; Wang, Y.-G. (2011). "Statistical distribution of Chinese names". Chinese Physics B. 20 (11): 118901. Bibcode:2011ChPhB..20k8901G. doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/11/118901. S2CID 250742598.