Yee
Meaning
righteousness (義)
The story
Yee in this collection represents 義, a character read in Cantonese and associated with righteousness, justice, and moral duty. The character is the evidence. The same Latin spelling can point to another Chinese character, while the same written character can appear under a different romanization elsewhere. Hong Kong names are normally written in characters and receive a romanized form for English-language settings. Yee is a one-character given name, a compact pattern beside the more common two-character form. Its page's US curve stays near the floor and shows only a faint recent trace. That does not measure how familiar the name is in Hong Kong; it measures what American birth records can see. The honest story therefore begins with 義, not with an English-looking syllable. In that documented form, Yee carries a small, clear idea chosen to travel across scripts.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Yee has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
When you meet Yee
Most people given the name Yee in the United States were born between 1980 and 1999. The Yee you meet today is most often in his 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Yee deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Yee 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 Yee fits with your family’s names and surname.
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