Yee
China · Boy · 1 syllable
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About the name Yee
The given name 'Yee' primarily means "righteousness" or "justice" in Chinese, derived from the Mandarin character 义 (yì), or can be a romanization of the Cantonese surname 余 (Yú, meaning "I/me" or "surplus").
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Etymology
The given name 'Yee' primarily means "righteousness" or "justice" in Chinese, derived from the Mandarin character 义 (yì), or can be a romanization of the Cantonese surname 余 (Yú, meaning "I/me" or "surplus"). It is used in Chinese and some Southeast Asian cultures, often among Cantonese-speaking communities, with notable historical context as the surname of Yee Fung, a 19th-century Chinese American pioneer in the California Gold Rush.
Yee currently ranks #7,393 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1989.
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