Bai

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Means "white" in Mandarin.

Chan

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Cantonese form of Chen.

Chen

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

Chu

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

Du

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Means "pear tree" in Chinese.

Guo

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Means "town wall" in Chinese.

Hou

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Means "nobleman" in Chinese.

Huang

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It's from the Song Dynasty, in the 10th century. It means "yellow", the color of the earth, and the symbol of royalty.

Jiang

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From the name of a province in the Zhou Dynasty.

Kuang

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Means "frame" in Chinese.

Kwan

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Means "mountain".

Kwok

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Means "boundary area of a city, a town or a country". The character in Big5 representation is ³¢.

Lee (2)

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Variant of Li (1).

Li (1)

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Means "plum tree" in Chinese.

Liao

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

Lim

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Variant of Lin.

Lin

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Means "forest" in Mandarin.

Liu

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It means "willow". A famous bearer of this name is actress Lucy Liu.

Lu

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

Ma

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Means "horse" in Chinese.

Mah

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An alternate spelling of Ma.

Man

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Means "language" in Cantonese.

Ng

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Cantonese form of Wu.

Pan (2)

Usage: Chinese

Means "villager" or "farmer".

Song (1)

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Means "from Song, China".

Sung

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Variant of Song (1).

Tang

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From the Chinese Tang Dynasty.

Wang

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Means "king" in Chinese.

Wong

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Cantonese version of Huang.

Wu

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From the name of a Chinese kingdom.

Xun

Usage: Chinese

It's derived from the Chinese first name Xun meaning "fast".

Zhang

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Means "bow that grows" in Chinese. It may denote a bowmaker whose job it was to stretch the bow wood.

Zheng

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From the name of a state of Zheng. Xuan Wang, penultimate king (827–781 BC) of the Western Zhou Dynasty, granted the fief of Zheng to his younger brother, along with the title Duke Xuan of Zheng. In the time of Duke Xuan’s son, Duke Gong, the capital of the Zhou dynasty was destroyed and the king was killed, bringing to an end the Western Zhou dynasty. The new Zhou king moved the capital eastward, beginning the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Duke Gong of Zheng moved eastward as well, to an area in present-day Henan province in central China, establishing a new state of Zheng. His descendants later adopted Zheng as their surname.

Zheung

Usage: Chinese

Variant of Zhang.

Zhou

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From the name of the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 BC). An extremely old Chinese surname.

Zhu

Usage: Chinese

Variant of the Chinese surname Chu.