--- description: Max’s Chinese name is Chen Mingyu title: Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Daughter's Chinese Name image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4c5cfe109b23e28/69887cbb196cf4dd9303a3e1/gettyimages-494652762.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Daughter's Chinese Name by [John Kell / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## John Kell / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2016 7:37 AM CUT  Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a 'town-hall' meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi on Oct. 28, 2015 Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a 'town-hall' meeting at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi on Oct. 28, 2015Money Sharma—AFP/Getty Images by [John Kell / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## John Kell / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2016 7:37 AM CUT To mark the Chinese New Year, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has an important announcement. He and his wife have disclosed the Chinese name for their new, young daughter. In a pretty adorable [video](http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/07/technology/zuckerberg-facebook-daughter-chinese-name/ "undefined") shared by the tech executive over the weekend, Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan said their daughter Max’s Chinese name is Chen Mingyu. “Chen, after her mother’s family name, and Mingyu represents our hope for a brighter tomorrow for the world,” Zuckerberg said when announcing the decision in Mandarin. Max–short for Maxima–has generated a lot of headlines for a baby. With the announcement of her birth last year came the news that Zuckerberg and his wife [pledged](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/12/01/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-baby-girl-99-percent-of-facebook-shares-to-advance-human-potential/76626078/ "undefined") to give away 99% of their Facebook shares in their lifetime, currently worth about $45 billion. Zuckerberg’s daughter was also in the news before she was even born when her father announced he would take[paternity leave.](http://www.today.com/parents/mark-zuckerberg-says-hell-take-2-months-paternity-leave-after-t57491 "undefined") She generated headlines again last month when a photo showing her waiting in a doctor’s office to get vaccinated led to an [online debate](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/11/mark-zuckerberg-angers-anti-vaxxers-with-photo-of-baby-at-doctors-office-getting-vaccinations/ "undefined") about vaccinations. 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