正(zheng)
Name meaning
正 (Zheng) carries uprightness, correctness and what is properly aligned. In a name it suggests moral steadiness, public reliability and a person who stands straight without needing display.
Practical naming use
正 (Zheng) is useful when a name needs upright, correct, just rather than a generic pleasant sound. Its best register is virtue, classic, so it can support a boy name that feels culturally legible, visually compact and easy to explain. The character should be paired with a second character that gives the image a human scene: learning, calm action, public responsibility, graceful movement or long-range aspiration.
Pair 正 (Zheng) with characters that soften or complete its core image. Bright partners make it more optimistic; scholarly partners make it more literate; water or nature partners make it calmer; virtue partners make it more formal.
正安 (Zhengan): Zheng contributes upright, correct; An adds peace, safety.
Historical / name-use references
吕蒙正 (Lü Mengzheng)
Northern Song chancellor; 正 (Zheng) appears in his given name and carries the upright-public-service reading.