Entry № 11612 · Chinese origin

Xiu Xiu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Chinese
Meaning
"Elegant, refined"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Chinese)

A name that means "elegant, refined".

Xiu (秀) is the Mandarin Chinese word for "elegant," "refined," or "excellent" — a single character used as a given name on its own or combined with others (Xiulan = "elegant orchid").

Xiu is widely used in China as a feminine name.

Elegant. The single Chinese character.

The name in its native script.

秀
Transliteration
Xiù
Pronunciation
/ ʃjuː /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Xiu stands.

Xiu 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.

Xius before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Xiu
Common in Chinese fiction.

Names connected to Xiu.

The number behind Xiu.

9

The Giver

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