Throughout the world, 夏莲 (夏莲 
, Xialian 
) is quite a rare primarily female, but very infrequently male forename. The forename 夏莲 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly Hong Kong, where it is a rare feminine name, and China, where it is a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently boy's name. Very seldom, 夏莲 is the last name as well as the forename.