Lan (surname 蓝)

Not to be confused with Lan (surname 兰).
Lan (蓝/藍)
Pronunciation Lán (Mandarin)
Lam or Nam (Cantonese)
Language(s) Chinese
Origin
Language(s) Old Chinese
Meaning blue
Other names
Variant(s) Lam, Nam, Na, Nah

Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written in simplified Chinese and in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Lam or Nam in Cantonese. Lan is listed 131st in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 121st most common surname in China, shared by 1.4 million people.[2]

Notable people

References

  1. "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
  2. 中国最新300大姓排名(2008) [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
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