Below are the most common given names for Taiwanese, as of June 2016. For the numbers of people with any of these given names, see the graph below. Note that there are more Taiwanese with even the tenth-most-popular name for girls than the most popular name for boys.
If you would like a chart of such names for Taiwanese in their twenties and thirties (specifically, those born 1976–1994), see Common Taiwanese given names. For the most common family names in Taiwan, see Taiwan personal names: a frequency list.
For the most likely spelling, bastardized Wade-Giles is given.
Most popular given names for Taiwanese males
| No. | Hanzi | Pinyin | Spelling Likely Used by Someone with This Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 家豪 | Jiāháo | Chia-hao |
| 2 | 志明 | Zhìmíng | Chih-ming |
| 3 | 俊傑 | Jùnjié | Chun-chieh |
| 4 | 建宏 | Jiànhóng | Chien-hung |
| 5 | 俊宏 | Jùnhóng | Chun-hung |
| 6 | 志豪 | Zhìháo | Chih-hao |
| 7 | 志偉 | Zhìwěi | Chih-wei |
| 8 | 文雄 | Wénxióng | Wen-hsiung |
| 9 | 金龍 | Jīnlóng | Chin-lung |
| 10 | 志強 | Zhìqiáng | Chih-chiang |
Most popular given names for Taiwanese females
| No. | Hanzi | Pinyin | Spelling Likely Used by Someone with This Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 淑芬 | Shūfēn | Shu-fen |
| 2 | 淑惠 | Shūhuì | Shu-hui |
| 3 | 美玲 | Měilíng | Mei-ling |
| 4 | 雅婷 | Yǎtíng | Ya-ting |
| 5 | 美惠 | Měihuì | Mei-hua |
| 6 | 麗華 | Lìhuá | Li-hua |
| 7 | 淑娟 | Shūjuān | Shu-chuan |
| 8 | 淑貞 | Shūzhēn | Shu-chen |
| 9 | 怡君 | Yíjūn | Yi-chun |
| 10 | 淑華 | Shūhuá | Shu-hua |
Note: Although I refer to these as “Taiwanese” names, I give the Mandarin forms (since Hanyu Pinyin is a system for writing Mandarin), not names in Hoklo/Hokkien (the language often referred to as Taiwanese).
Source: ROC Ministry of the Interior.
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Mei-hua
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@onome23, my list of common Taiwanese given names gives more than forty of them. Just use them in combination with common family names in Taiwan.
Mei Ling, I love this name