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A name from a poem

江南

Pinyin jiāng nánusually a boy’s name

The characters

江
river; in older Chinese, the Yangtze
南
south

Where it comes from

正是江南好风景

zhèng shì jiāng nán hǎo fēng jǐng

“Now the Southland is at its loveliest season,”

— Du Fu, “Meeting Li Guinian in Jiangnan” (江南逢李龟年)

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