Hei-Yiu

Meaning

dawn light on fine jade (晞瑤); a distinctly 2020s Hong Kong coinage. The Yiu here is 瑤, precious jade, a different word from the 耀 (to shine) of boys' names like Yiu-Ming

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hei-Yiu has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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