璇（xuan）
Name meaning
璇 (xuan) means fine jade, celestial turning and luminous beauty with structure.
Practical naming use
璇 (xuan) is stronger than a plain jewel character because it carries both jade beauty and celestial order. That makes the name feel polished, bright and composed rather than sugary. The character suits names that want refinement with a little cosmic scale. It is especially useful for cultural depth, personality image, English-speaker explainability, 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 璇 (xuan) with characters such as 宁 (Ning) for composed beauty, 雅 (Ya) for refinement, 清 (Qing) for clear brightness or 文 (Wen) for cultivated polish. The second character should keep the name poised rather than glittery.
璇清 (Xuanqing): Xuan contributes fine jade, celestial gem; Qing adds clear, pure.
Historical / name-use references
杨璇 (Yang Xuan)
杨璇 (Yangxuan) Yang Xuan is recorded in historical gazetteer material. The name directly contains 璇 (xuan), letting the character carry a human-name reference as well as jade and star imagery.