Xin (surname)
Xin (Wade–Giles: Hsin) is the romanization of several Chinese surnames including Xīn 辛, Xīn 新 and Xìn 信, etc. Xīn 辛 is the most common one among these names, it is 379th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.
origin of Xin
辛
Chinese Xin (辛) family originated from;
- Xia Hou (夏后) family in the Xia Dynasty period
- Shen (莘) family in the Xia Dynasty period
- Zang (藏) and Tujia (土家) the Chinese Minority
- Xiang (項) family the Ji (姬) family in Later Zhou Dynasty period
- Beidi the Donghu people
Also written "Sun" in Cantonese.
信
Chinese Xin (信) family originated from;
- Ji (姬) family of Wei (state)
- Manchu people at Qing Dynasty period
新
Chinese Xin (新) family originated from;
- Ji (姬) family of Zhou Dynasty
- Ji (姬) family of Jin (state) (晉)
- Mongolian of Yuan Dynasty period
Notable people named Xin
Xīn 辛
- Master Wen, attributed author of Wenzi
- Xin Zhui (died 163 BC), Marquise of Dai
- Xin Ping, d. 204 - minister to Han Fu in Eastern Han Dynasty
- Xin Pi, minister for the Cao Wei empire
- Xin Xianying, b. 205 - daughter of Xin Pi
- Empress Xin (Zhang Zuo), wife of the Chinese state Former Liang's ruler Zhang Zuo
- Xin Maojiang, Tang Dynasty chancellor
- Empress Xin, wife of Shi Siming
- Xin Qiji, poet and statesman in Southern Song Dynasty
- Hsin Wen-bing b. 1912, Taiwanese politician.
- Jaime Sin, b. 1928 - former archbishop of Manila
- Xin Kegui, b. 1950 - professor at Tsinghua University
- Winnie Hsin, b. 1962 - singer in Taiwan
Xìn 信
- Hsin Shih-chang, Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Republic of China
- Xin Dufang, mathematician in Northern Qi Dynasty
- Xin Changxing (信长星; born 1963) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Anhui province
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