Given name & surname

Hei

“of grace”

Hei is used as a given name and a surname. One Korean interpretation is “of grace.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Korean interpretation is “of grace.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Korean.

Hei’s family of names

Hei has a related form in Hye. In Japanese usage, Hei as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 平.

Walk Hei’s family in the name graph

HeiHeyHeea平Hye

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Hei

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Hei, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Japanese · Virtue

Toki

“one who grasps opportunity; hopeful” · “resembling a rabbit”

0Not recently recorded

48% boys · 52% girls

Japanese · Virtue

Chieko

“one who has grace and wisdom”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Virtue

hivâ

“hope”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Haneitah

“favored with divine grace”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Haneita

“favored with divine grace”

No U.S. birth series

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Virtue

Haneetah

“favored with divine grace”

No U.S. birth series

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Indian · Virtue

Hanita

“favored with divine grace”

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

Virtue

Haneeta

“favored with divine grace”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Hei’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Hei

A sister for Hei