Behind the Name: Chinese Surnames

Chinese Surnames

Chinese names are used in China and in Chinese communities throughout the world. Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Chinese names.

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There are 45 names matching your criteria.

BAI Chinese
Means "white" in Mandarin.

CHAN 陳 Chinese
Cantonese form of CHEN

CHEN 陳 Chinese
From the name of an ancient region in China (in the province of Henan).

CHEUNG Chinese
Variant of ZHANG

CHU Chinese
Means "scarlet-red" in Chinese. It was the name of some Chinese kings.

DU Chinese
Means "pear tree" in Chinese.

FAN 范 Chinese
Means "bee" in Chinese.

GUO Chinese
Means "town wall" in Chinese.

HOU Chinese
Means "nobleman" in Chinese.

HUANG 黄 Chinese
Means "yellow" in Chinese.

JIANG Chinese
From the name of a province in the Zhou Dynasty.

KUANG Chinese
Means "frame" in Chinese.

KWAN Chinese, Korean
Means "mountain".

KWOK Chinese
Means "boundary area of a city, a town or a country".

LAM 林 Chinese
Cantonese form of LIN

LEE (2) 李 Chinese, Korean
Variant of LI.

LI 李 Chinese
Means "plum tree" in Chinese.

LIAO Chinese
From the name of an ancient Chinese dynasty lasting from 947 CE - 1125 CE.

LIM 林 Chinese
Hokkien form of LIN

LIN 林 Chinese
Means "forest" in Mandarin.

LIU Chinese
Means "willow". A famous bearer of this name is actress Lucy Liu.

LU Chinese
From the name of an ancient region in China (in the province of Henan).

MA Chinese
Means "horse" in Chinese.

MAH Chinese
Alternate spelling of MA.

MAN Chinese
Means "language" in Cantonese.

NG Chinese
Cantonese form of WU.

PAN (2) 潘 Chinese
Means "water in which rice has been rinsed" in Chinese.

RUAN 阮 Chinese
Possibly from the name of a Chinese instrument, similar to a lute.

SONG (1) Chinese
Indicated a person from Song, China.

SUNG Chinese
Variant of SONG (1)

TANG Chinese
From the Chinese Tang Dynasty.

WANG (1) 王 Chinese
Means "king" or "prince" in Chinese... [more]

WONG 王, 黄 Chinese
Cantonese romanization of WANG (1) or HUANG.

WU 吳 Chinese
From the name of a Chinese kingdom.

XU 徐, 许 Chinese
Derives from the ancient state of 徐, after the name of the ruler there... [more]

XUN Chinese
Derived from the Chinese given name XUN meaning "fast".

YU (1) 俞 Chinese
Derives from 俞 "to heal", after a famous doctor from the 26th century BC.

YU (2) 虞 Chinese
Derives from a Chinese place name called 虞, one located in Henan province and the other in Shanxi province.

YU (3) 余, 于 Chinese, Korean
The largest Yu clan, the Munhwa Yu, was founded by Ch'a Tal... [more]

YUEN 阮 Chinese
Cantonese form of RUAN

ZHANG 張 Chinese
Means "bow stretch" in Chinese... [more]

ZHAO 趙 Chinese
From the name of the historic state of 趙, in Shanxi province in China... [more]

ZHENG Chinese
From the name of a state of Zheng... [more]

ZHOU Chinese
From the name of the Zhou dynasty (1122-221 BC)... [more]

ZHU Chinese
Variant of the Chinese surname CHU.

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