A surname meaning 'to guard', from the ancient state of Wei, associated with the great general Wei Qing.
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 China43
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write100
3 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.
People who carried this name
Wei Qing — Han dynasty general (d.106 BC), drove the Xiongnu out of the northern border.
Wei Jie — A celebrated Western Jin scholar known for his extraordinary beauty and philosophical talent, often called 'Jade Man'; his death inspired the idiom 'watching Wei Jie to death'.
Wei Shuo — A distinguished Eastern Jin female calligrapher, also known as Lady Wei, who taught Wang Xizhi and authored the treatise 'Bizi Zhen Tu'.