Wei (given name)

Wei is a Chinese given name. The form 伟 (wěi in pinyin) is the most common Chinese given name, accounting for approximately 0.5% of Chinese people.

Possible writings
Wei can be written using different Chinese characters and can mean:

As a masculine name:


 * 威, "power"
 * 巍, "lofty"
 * 伟, "great"
 * 卫, "guard"

As a feminine name:


 * 薇, "rose"
 * 微, "small"

Unisex:


 * 唯, "only"
 * 未, "future"
 * 巍, "lofty"

Notable people with name Wei

 * Wei Wei (韦唯), Chinese singer
 * Tang Wei (湯唯), Chinese actress
 * Dou Wei (竇唯), Chinese singer and songwriter
 * Son Wei (孫暐), Japanese fashion model (of Chinese origin)
 * Wei Chen, Canadian television and radio journalist
 * Shen Wei (沈瑋), Chinese artist and photographer
 * Zhao Wei (趙薇), Chinese film actress and pop singer, sometimes referred to by her English name, Vicki Zhao
 * Wei (stage name), Korean rapper from the k-pop group "Up10tion"

Fictional characters

 * Wei, a character from The Lingo Show, a kids' TV show.
 * Wei Shen, a Hong Kong-American police detective in Sleeping Dogs, a 2012 action-adventure game made by Square Enix and United Front Games.
 * Shen Wei (沈巍), a character from the Chinese BL web novel and show Guardian (web series), written by Priest.