Wei
Wei is a boy name of Chinese origin, meaning Great, mighty.
What Wei means
Great, mighty.
Wei is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Wei comes from
Chinese given names are chosen character by character, and the characters are picked for meaning, tone, and balance. Names are rarely drawn from a fixed list — most are composed fresh for the child.
Wei is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.
How popular is Wei?
Wei is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Wei is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Wei
Wei sits in our strength group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Strong
Names like Wei
These share Wei's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Jian — Strong, healthy.
- Long — Dragon.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
- Bjorn — Bear.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Elijah — Yahweh is my God.
- Ethan — Strong, firm, enduring.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.
- Gabriel — God is my strength.
- Hayato — Falcon person; swift.
- Kenji — Strong and wise.