丽（li）
Name meaning
丽 (Li) means beautiful, bright and elegant. In names it is vivid but familiar.
Practical naming use
丽 (li) is a beauty-and-radiance character. It gives a name brightness, elegance and visible charm, so the result feels graceful rather than fragile. It is especially useful for clarity, refined elegance, feminine names, because the character can carry a recognizable Chinese image without becoming empty dictionary filler. The best results come when the second character adds human direction, warmth, restraint or breadth, so the full given name feels lived-in rather than generic.
Pair 丽 (li) with characters such as 宁 (ning) for quiet elegance, 文 (wen) for cultivated beauty, 安 (an) for settled grace or 雅 (ya) for refined brightness. The second character should keep the name poised rather than merely pretty.
丽宁 (Lining): Li contributes beautiful, graceful; Ning adds peaceful, settled.
Reference
Bai Juyi · Chang Hen Ge
Historical / name-use references
阴丽华 (Yin Lihua)
Eastern Han empress and wife of Emperor Guangwu; 丽 (Li) appears in her given name.
Use notes
High duplicate risk in older generations.