Mingzi
Explore real Chinese names and write yours in Chinese
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Mingzi helps people outside China explore Chinese names and find one that sounds natural. Browse 130+ real given names and the 100 most common surnames, each with characters, pinyin, what every character means and audio pronunciation. Convert your English name to its standard Chinese form, or generate random names that pair a real surname with a real given name.
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PH · launched Oct 23, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%)
- Education
- Search & retrieval
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Education
- Languages
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Yes The product is a reference site for Chinese names with characters, pinyin, meanings, and audio. The dataset is small and public, so it can be assembled and displayed with standard web tools.
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Attention rank: #44 of 117 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 250 days after the earliest competitor.
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