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Wen

A Chinese name whose meaning depends on its character and tone.

Usage languagesChinese
US rank (2019)#15,539

Meaning and history

Wen is a Chinese given name used for more than one gender and also a surname. Its meaning depends on the character: 文 can mean “literature,” “culture,” or “refined”; 温 or 溫 means “warm”; and 雯 refers to patterned clouds, among other possibilities. The romanization alone cannot establish either meaning or tone, and a person called Wen may bear the word as a family name, a one-syllable given name, or part of a compound given name.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20002000: no US SSA record for this spelling
2001: no US SSA record for this spelling
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20052005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 6 births, rank #15,152
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
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20102010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
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20152015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
20192019: 5 births, rank #15,539

In 2019, 5 babies were recorded with the name Wen, ranking #15,539 among girls.