Hui
Split almost down the middle between women and men, it's one of the few names in Poland that truly goes both ways: around 80 people carry it in all. The root is Slavic, with a sense of "wise" or "intelligent".
Hui Pronunciation
Hui is pronounced KHOO-ee (/ˈxui/).
What Hui means
Where Hui comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hui reaches Polish records with a Slavic origin and no diminutive or variant beside it. It stands alone on the page. The short meaning attached to it is wise, intelligent, and that reading comes through its Chinese association, where the syllable huì, written 慧, names clear understanding.
In Mandarin, 慧 huì means intelligence and discernment, a common element in given names for centuries. A child called Hui in Poland holds a name with no sibling forms, no feminine or masculine twin. The meaning stays fixed as mądra, inteligentna.
On a Polish class register, Hui would sit among names trailing long lists of nicknames. This one has none. It fills a single line. The origin stays Slavic, the recorded meaning wise.
How many people are named Hui
1 in 479656 women in Poland is named Hui. 84 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3863 among female names.
Hui as a middle name
Hui is a first name for 84 women in Poland and a middle name for another 16, an 84/16 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1831st, between Heliodora (16) and Ilana (16).
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#1829 Fiorella16
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#1830 Heliodora16
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#1831 Hui16
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#1832 Ilana16
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#1833 Ivanka16