Count: 0 — No Chinese girl names start with the letter “I” when names are classified by Hanyu Pinyin initial. Chinese given names are indexed by their pinyin initials, and standard Mandarin phonology and pinyin orthography do not use the Latin letter I as an initial consonant; what English readers perceive as an initial “i” sound in Chinese almost always appears in pinyin as a vowel or as the syllable “yi” (Y-). An interesting detail: many popular female name elements that sound like they start with “i” in English actually begin with the pinyin initial Y, for example Yī (伊), Yí (怡), and Yì (艺/意/亦).

Understand why the criteria returns no results: Hanyu Pinyin defines a fixed set of initials (b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, g, k, h, j, q, x, zh, ch, sh, r, z, c, s, y, w), and “i” functions as a vowel or medial, not an initial. National name statistics, baby-name dictionaries, and scholarly character dictionaries therefore do not list standard given names beginning with the letter I under the initial-letter system. Alternative romanizations, older systems, or non-Mandarin dialect spellings can sometimes render syllables differently, but they fall outside the standard pinyin initial rule used for this list.

Consider close fits instead: if you meant names that begin with the “ee” sound, search for pinyin names beginning with Yi- (Yī 伊 — often used as a transliteration or soft feminine name; Yí 怡 — pleasant, joyful; Yì 艺/意/亦 — art/meaning/also). These Yi- names are common, culturally appropriate, and appear in national name data and reputable baby-name references; prioritize them for pronunciation (Yī, Yí, Yì) and character choices when assembling a usable list.