Given name & surname

Wei

“one who is valuable and brilliant”·“a brilliant man; having great strength”

Wei is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is valuable and brilliant” (Chinese) and “a brilliant man; having great strength” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Interpretations include “one who is valuable and brilliant” (Chinese) and “a brilliant man; having great strength” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Wei through the years

Babies since 1880: 369; 290 boys · 79 girls
Most popular year: 2001; 20 babies
2025: 7; #10,614 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20: —; Too few births to compare

Boys Girls

Wei in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1970–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,614 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,173 as a first name in 2020; 14,591 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Wei’s family of names

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 2

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

Across languages 15

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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