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What 世 means in a Chinese nameshì

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世shì · B
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世代;三十年为一世。

A generation — thirty years in classical usage.

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百世可知 What carries across generations

其或继周者,虽百世,可知也。

Whoever succeeds the Zhou — even a hundred generations on, this can be known.

论语 · 为政篇 · our translation
Confucius claims the pattern can be traced a hundred generations ahead. 孔子说礼制的沿革可以推知到百世之后。「世」在这里是时间单位,名字取的是「久」与「可续」。
世代百世世昌世清世安
In a name

Continuity over time, rather than "the world".

「世」在名字里是「长」,不是「人间」。