A surname meaning 'gold', common among northern Chinese and Manchu families.
What the character means
Precious, shining, noble
Theme basis：金 = gold, metal
Why it scores this way
Easy to say88
Mostly easy. The only friction is j, which English speakers usually turn into something close.
Recognised in China78
Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).
Easy to write80
8 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
Jin Yong — Wuxia novelist (1924–2018), author of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and more.
Jin Shengtan — Jin Shengtan, a literary critic of late Ming and early Qing, is famed for his commentaries on Water Margin and The Romance of the Western Chamber.
Jin Yuelin — Jin Yuelin was a Chinese philosopher and logician, pioneering modern logic studies at Tsinghua University, known for his contributions to metaphysics.