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聂 Nie — a rarer surname
67.6 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Nie |
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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 meaning 'to whisper', from the ancient state of Nie.
What the character means
Attentive and perceptive
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 China36
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
- Nie Er — Composer (1912–1935), wrote the music for the March of the Volunteers, China's national anthem.
- Nie Rongzhen — Marshal of the People's Republic of China and a key founding military leader of the Chinese PLA.
- Nie Weiping — Chinese professional Go player, widely acclaimed as one of the greatest players of the 20th century.
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