Xin (surname)

Xin^[1] (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
• Di people the Donghu people the Rong Chinese

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 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
• 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

• Xin Dufang, mathematian in Northern Qi Dynasty

See also

• Shin (Korean name)

References

1. The approximate pronunciation in English is /ʃɪn/.