Yīn (surname 陰)
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| Traditional Chinese | 陰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阴 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | darkness (yin) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yīn (trad. 陰, simp. 阴) is a Chinese surname. It is Romanized as Im in Min Nan and Yam in Cantonese.[2] According to a 2013 study, it was the 390th most common name in China; it was shared by 39,000 people, or 0.0067% of the population, being most popular in Shanxi.[3] It is the 283rd name in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.[4][5]
It should not be confused with the much more popular surname Yīn (殷), whose name comes from the Shang capital of Yin.
Origins
[edit]The surname Yin is claimed to derive from one of:
- from the personal name of Yin Jing (陰兢), an official in the late Shang dynasty (late 2nd millennium BC)
- from the placename Yin (陰), a fief located in modern Henan during the Western Zhou (11th–8th centuries BC)
- from Yin Dafu (陰大夫 "Yin Counsellor"), a title given to Guan Xiu, a descendant of philosopher Guan Zhong[6]
Notable people
[edit]- Yin Lihua (陰麗華, AD 5–64), empress, wife of Emperor Guangwu of Han
- Yin Changsheng (陰長生, AD 120–210), Daoist xian ("transcendent; immortal")
- Yin Hejun (阴和俊; born 1963), politician and engineer
References
[edit]- ^ "阴 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary". www.omgchinese.com.
- ^ "My China Roots". www.mychinaroots.com.
- ^ Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ^ "Yin Surname Meaning & Yin Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com.
- ^ "Last name YIN: origin and meaning". Geneanet.