Entry № 3812 · Chinese origin

Guanyin Guanyin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ GWAHN-yin /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Chinese
Meaning
"Goddess of mercy and compassion"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Antiquity

A name that means "goddess of mercy and compassion".

Guanyin is the goddess of mercy and compassion, one of the most beloved figures in Chinese belief, who hears the cries of the world.

Her name is gentleness and boundless kindness itself.

Goddess of mercy and compassion — a Chinese name.

The name in its native script.

Guanyin
Transliteration
Guanyin
Pronunciation
/ ˈɡwan.jin /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Guanyin stands.

Guanyin 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.

Guanyins before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Guanyin.

The number behind Guanyin.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Guanyin reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.