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Bai Chinese
From Chinese 柏 (bǎi) meaning "cypress", the name of a state during the Zhou dynasty.

Brieux French
From the name of the Brieux commune in the Orne department of northwestern France.

Chunyu Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 淳于 (chúnyú), the name of an ancient Chinese kingdom during the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods.

Công Huyền Tôn Nữ f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 公玄孫女 (công huyền tôn nữ) meaning "granddaughter that is the great-granddaughter of a duke", given to the great-great-granddaughters of the emperor during the Nguyễn dynasty.

Công Tôn Nữ f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 公孫女 (công tôn nữ) meaning "granddaughter that is a duke's daughter", given to the granddaughters of the emperor. This surname was created during the Nguyễn dynasty.

Diwu Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 第五 (dìwǔ) meaning "fifth", created during the Han dynasty as one of eight branches of the noble Tian family. The surname is increasingly rare, as after the fall of the Han dynasty, many bearers changed their names back to Tian or to Wu (伍).

Đổng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Dong, from Sino-Vietnamese 董 (đổng).

Drangmeister German
Occupational name for a healer or someone who made medicinal drinks, from Middle Low German drank "beverage, potion" and meistar "master" (from Latin magister).

Erzhu Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 爾朱 (ěrzhū), from a place named Erzhuchuan (尔朱川), now Zhujiachuan in northwestern Shanxi province. This was the residence of the Qihu tribe. After Han assimilation, many changed their names to Zhu.

Gongsun Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 公孫 (gōngsūn) meaning "duke's descendants".

Gongyang Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 公羊 (gōngyáng), a branch of the Gongsun clan.

Helian Chinese (Rare)
Chinese transcription of 祁連 (qílián), a Xiongnu word meaning "sky".

Huyền Tôn Nữ f Vietnamese
Short form of Công Huyền Tôn Nữ.

Kou Chinese
From Chinese 寇 (kòu) meaning "bandit", a shortening of Sikou.

Linghu Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 令狐 (línghú), the name of a city in the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Murong Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 慕容 (mùróng), the name of a Xianbei tribe.

Nangong Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 南宮 (nángōng) meaning "south palace".

Nanmen Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 南門 (nánmén) meaning "south gate".

Shangguan Chinese
From Chinese 上官 (shàngguān) meaning "high-ranking official".

Shentu Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 申屠 (shēntú) meaning "butcher from Shen", a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty.

Shui Chinese
From Chinese 水 (shuǐ) meaning "water".

Sikou Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 司寇 (sīkòu) meaning "minister of bandits", a minister who oversaw most of the judicial system.

Taishi Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 太史 (tàishǐ) meaning "grand historian".

Tantai Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 澹臺 (tántái) from the name of a place located beside the Tantai Mountain in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period.

Tuoba Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 拓跋 (tuòbá), the name of a Xianbei clan.

Wu Chinese
From Chinese 伍 (wǔ), an alternate form of 五 (wǔ) meaning "fifth".

Wu Chinese
From Chinese 巫 (wū) meaning "shaman, doctor, witch", a short form of Wuma.

Wuma Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 巫馬 (wūmǎ) meaning "horse doctor", the title of an official in the Zhou dynasty who took care of horses. After the Zhou dynasty, most bearers changed their names to Wu (巫) or Ma.

Xi Chinese
From Chinese 奚 (xī), possibly a short form of various Xianbei compound surnames such as Boxi (薄奚) or Daxi (达奚), which were changed to Xi after Han assimilation.

Yu Chinese
Either an alternate form of Chinese 谕 (yù) meaning "to instruct, understand, know" or an alternate form of Yu 3.

Yuchi Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 尉遲 (yùchí), the name of a Xianbei clan. Possibly a transliteration of Sanskrit विजय (vijaya) meaning "victory, conquest".

Yuezheng Chinese (Rare, Archaic)
From Chinese 樂正 (yùezhèng), the title of an official in charge of music.

Yun Chinese
From Chinese 雲 (yún) meaning "cloud".

Yuwen Chinese (Rare)
From Chinese 宇文 (yǔwén), the name of a Xianbei clan of Xiongnu origin.

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