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倪 Ni — a rarer surname
70.9 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Ni |
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| Strokes | 10 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname from the ancient Zhu state, associated with Confucius' disciple Yan Hui's lineage.
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China45
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write70
10 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Ni Zan — Yuan dynasty painter (1301–1374), one of the Four Masters of Yuan painting.
- Ni Yuanlu — Ni Yuanlu (1593-1644) was a loyal Ming official, painter, and calligrapher who died resisting the Qing army.
- Ni Kuang — Ni Kuang (1935-2022) was a prolific Hong Kong writer, famous for the science-fiction series 'Wesley,' with many film scripts.
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