Liu Yifei was born in Tongji Hospital in Hubei,the Chinese Animal Zodiac is Rabbit.
Her birth name was "An Feng".She is an only child. Her father is An Shaokang (安少康), a 1st Secretary in the Chinese Embassy in France and a French language university professor, while her mother is Liu Xiaoli (劉小莉), a dancer and a stage performer.
Liu Yifei's mother watched the movie "Sissi" when she was pregnant, so she gave Liu Yifei the nickname "Xi Xi".
When Liu Yifei was 4 years old (Liu Yifei said), her parents divorced. That same year, she adopted her mother's surname and changed her legal name to "Liu Xi meizi"(劉茜美子).
Maternal grandmother gave the "Xi meizi" name.
In 1995 only 8-year-old Liu Yifei to participate in China and South Africa are the second "flower child Cup" model children's Grand Prix title.
When she was 11 years old (Liu Yifei's mothers said：1998), Liu Yifei and her mother moved to New York City, Liu Yifei lived there for four years. In those four years she went to Middle School 67 Louis Pasteur.
