Entry № 1979 · Chinese origin

Chien-Shiung Chien-Shiung — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ CHEN-shyung /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Chinese
Meaning
"Strong hero (First Lady of Physics)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Chinese)

A name that means "strong hero (first lady of physics)".

Chien-Shiung (健雄) means "strong hero" — a deliberately gender-neutral name chosen by her progressive father.

Honored on a 2021 U.S. postage stamp.

Strong hero (First Lady of Physics) — a Chinese name.

The name in its native script.

健雄
Transliteration
Jiànxióng
Pronunciation
/ ˌtʃɛnˈʃjʊŋ /
Root
—
Grammatical form
—

Where Chien-Shiung stands.

Chien-Shiung 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.

Chien-Shiungs before her.

Real people
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chinese-American experimental physicist.
1912 – 1997
In fiction
Chien-Shiung
Subject of biographies and documentaries.

Names connected to Chien-Shiung.

The number behind Chien-Shiung.

9

The Giver

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