Fang

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Fang 1
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified
Type Surname (from given name & from location)
Usage Chinese
Scripts 方(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. /faŋ/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Chinese 方 (fāng) referring to Fang Shu, a minister and adviser to King Xuan of the Western Zhou dynasty. Alternately it may have come from a place called Fang Shan (方山), which existed in what is now Henan province.
Added 3/6/2013 by anonymous
Edited 1/29/2025 by Felie, sekejap and HL

Fang 2
Revisions 3. usages AND description are verified
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Chinese
Scripts 房(Chinese)
Pronounced Pron. /fɑŋ/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Chinese 房 (fáng) referring to the ancient state of Fang, which existed in what is now Henan province.
Added 6/22/2021 by HL
Edited 6/23/2021 by HL

Fang 3
not set
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Hmong

Meaning & History

From the clan name Faj or Faaj associated with the Chinese character 黃 (huáng) (see Huang).
Added 2/22/2023 by anonymous

Fang 4
not set
Type Surname
Usage Central African

Meaning & History

Named after a Bantu group in Central Africa.
Added 10/25/2024 by namefix