nametree
← Hugobrowse · build a nametreeHulda →

Hui

girl name
Origin
Chinese
Syllables
1
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

varies by character: often 慧, 'intelligent, wise', or 辉, 'brightness'; a pinyin-era given name

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

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

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

94 people · the #43,073 first name in Brazil · median age 45

1980s

Among people named Hui living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

Names that fit alongside Hui

Yong Ping Li Zhi Pei Sheng

The Hui deep dive

Written for you · $1.99 →

Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Hui truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Hui fits with your family’s names and surname.

Both reports, explained →

Keep exploring

Chinese baby names · Short names

Does Hui fit YOUR family?

nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.

Add Hui to your family’s tree →
BROWSEAll traditions👶 Baby namesAll names🔍 Search a nameName storiesThree-letter namesShort namesVintage revivalsGender-neutralPolishJapaneseCantoneseIrishKoreanIndianMexican American
🌐English EspañolPortuguês