Chinese Submitted 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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Yan 阎, 閻 Chinese
From Chinese 阎 (yán) meaning "gate", also referring to a fief that existed in the ancient state of Jin in what is now Shanxi province.

Yan 颜, 顏 Chinese
From Chinese 颜 (yán) meaning "face, countenance", also referring to the ancient fief of Yan that existed during the Western Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Yanqi Chinese
Yanqi is/ was a county of China. It is also the surname of Mao Yanqi, also known as VAVA.

Yao 姚 Chinese
From Chinese 姚 (yáo) meaning "handsome, elegant".

Yap 葉 Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Yau 丘, 邱 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Qiu.

Yaw Irish, English, Chinese
Irish: reduced and altered Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eochadha Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qiu.

Ychon Chinese (Filipino)
Variant of Echon.

Yeap 叶, 葉 Chinese (Hakka), Chinese (Hokkien)
Hakka and Hokkien romanization of Ye.

Yeh 葉, 叶 Chinese
Variant romanization of Ye.

Yen 严, 嚴 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese 严 (see Yan).

Yeo 杨, 楊 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeoh 杨, 楊 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yang.

Yeow 姚 Chinese (Hokkien), Chinese (Teochew)
Hokkien and Teochew romanization of Yao.

Yew 尤, 游 Chinese (?)

Yick 易 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yi.

Yim 严, 嚴 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yan.

Yin 尹 Chinese
From Chinese 尹 (yǐn), a title for a ministerial position in ancient China. It may also refer to the ancient fief of Yin, which existed in what is now either Shanxi or Henan province.

Yin 殷 Chinese
From Chinese 殷 (yīn) referring to the ancient city of Yin, which existed in what is now Henan province and served as the capital of the Shang dynasty (which reigned from 1600 to 1045 BC and was also called Yin).

Yin 印 Chinese
From Chinese 印 (yìn) meaning "stamp, seal".

Yíng 嬴 Chinese (Rare)
From the name of the royal house of the Qin Dynasty from the ancient Chinese state also known as Qin.

Ying 应, 應 Chinese
From Chinese 应 (yīng) referring to the ancient state of Ying, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Yip 葉 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ye.

Yiu 姚 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yao.

Yong 雍 Chinese
From Chinese 雍 (yōng) either referring the ancient state of Yong, located in what is now Henan province, or the ancient fief of Yong, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Shaanxi province.

Yong 杨 Chinese (Hakka)
Hakka romanization of Yang.

You 尤 Chinese
From Chinese 尤 (yóu) meaning "especially, particularly".

Yow 姚, 饒 Chinese (Hokkien)
Hokkien romanization of Yao or Rao.

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

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

Yue 岳 Chinese
From Chinese 岳 (yuè) referring to the ancient title Tai Yue (太岳), which was used by officials in charge of sacrificial rituals on mountain sites.

Yue 余 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yu 2.

Yueh 岳 Taiwanese
Alternate romanization of Yue chiefly used in Taiwan.

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

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

Yung 翁 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Weng.

Yung 容 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Rong.

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

Zha 查 Chinese
From Chinese 查 (zhā) referring to the ancient fief of Zha, which was part of the state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province. Alternately it may come from the name of a fief that was part of the state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Anhui province.

Zhai 翟 Chinese
From Chinese 翟 (zhái) referring to the ancient state of Zhai, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shanxi province. The character 翟 was originally read as Di but was later changed to Zhai due to dialectal differences.

Zhan Chinese

Zhan 詹 Chinese
From Chinese 詹 (zhān) referring to the ancient state of Zhan, which existed during the Zhou dynasty (present-day location uncertain).

Zhan 展 Chinese
From Chinese 展 (zhǎn) meaning "open, unfold, stretch, extend".

Zhang 章 Chinese
From Chinese 章 (zhāng) referring to the ancient fiefdom of Zhang (spelled as 鄣), which existed in what is now Shandong province.

Zhen Chinese

Zhi 智 Chinese (Rare)

Zhong 钟, 鍾 Chinese
From Chinese 钟 (zhōng) referring to the ancient fief of Zhong Li that existed in the state of Chu in what is now Anhui or Hubei province.

Zhu 祝 Chinese
In Chinese means “to bless”.

Zhuan 阮 Chinese (Russified)
Russified form of Ruan used by ethnic Chinese living in parts of the former Soviet Union.

Zhuan 庄, 莊 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Zhuang.

Zhuang 庄, 莊 Chinese
From Chinese 莊 (zhuāng), the posthumous name of king Xiong Lü of the state of Chu (which existed during the Zhou dynasty).

Zhuge 諸葛 Chinese
One of the rare Chinese double character surnames. It is ranked 314th in the Hundred Family Surnames. The first character 諸 can be read as "all, these, various" and the second character 葛 as meaning "vine, vines"... [more]

Zhuo 卓 Chinese
From Chinese 卓 (zhuó) meaning "outstanding, lofty".

Zong 棕 Chinese
From Chinese 棕 (zōng) meaning "brown".

Zong 宗 Chinese
From Chinese 宗 (zōng) meaning "lineage, ancestry". Perhaps it originally denoted a person who was a geneaolgist.

Zou Chinese
An ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

Zou 邹, 鄒 Chinese
From Chinese 邹 (zōu) referring to the ancient state of Zou, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province.

Zun Chinese

Zuo 左 Chinese
From Chinese 左 (zuǒ) meaning "left, left-hand side".

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