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What 荣 means in a Chinese nameróng

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荣róng · B
tier B

花；引申为茂盛、荣耀。

Blossom — and from blossoming, flourishing and honour.

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绿叶素荣
绿叶素荣 The word before the honour

绿叶素荣，纷其可喜兮。

Green leaves and white blossoms, so abundant and so lovely.

楚辞 · 橘颂 · our translation
Qu Yuan describes an orange tree in leaf and flower. Honour is a later sense, grown out of blooming. 屈原写橘树：绿叶白花。「荣」的本义是花；「荣耀」是后来从「开得盛」引申的。
春荣荣华荣光荣昌世荣荣之
In a name

Blossom first, honour after.

「荣」先是花开，才是体面。

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