勋（xun）
Name meaning
勋 (xun) means merit, earned service and honor recognized through real contribution.
Practical naming use
勋 (xun) is a service-and-merit character. Its best reading is not vanity but earned contribution, so the name feels honorable, disciplined and public-minded rather than flashy. The page works best when it explains achievement with restraint, not glory for its own sake. 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 勋 (xun) with characters such as 德 (De) for moral merit, 成 (Cheng) for achievement, 文 (Wen) for scholarly service or 远 (Yuan) for longer contribution. The second character should humanize the honor.
勋德 (Xunde): Xun contributes merit, achievement; De adds virtue, moral force.