Zhen
Zhen is a girl name of Chinese origin, meaning Precious; treasure.
What Zhen means
Precious; treasure.
Zhen is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Zhen 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.
Zhen is recorded as Chinese in origin. Browse other Chinese names.
How popular is Zhen?
Zhen sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Zhen
The thread we file Zhen under is Gem — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Gem
Names like Zhen
These share Zhen's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Ling — Delicate; the tinkling of jade.
- Meilin — Beautiful and graceful jade.
- Bao — Treasure, jewel.
- Lin — Forest; fine jade.
- Greta — Pearl.
- Jade — The green gemstone of the side.
- Margaret — Pearl.
- Margot — Pearl.
- Pearl — A precious pearl.
- Ruby — The deep-red gemstone.
- Zeynep — A precious gem; a flower.
- Amber — Golden fossilized resin.