An (Chinese surname)
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This article is about the Chinese name An. For other uses, see AN (disambiguation).
| An (安) | |
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| Family name | |
| Meaning | "peace","tranquility" |
| Region of origin | China |
The surname An (Chinese: 安; pinyin: Ān), literally means "peace" or "tranquility", also serves as an abbreviation of Anxi (安息), meaning "Arsacid" in Chinese. Visitors to China who came from Arsacid-held territories often took the name An.
It can also be used as a Chinese personal name. Despite the fact that it is written with the character for "girl" (Chinese: 女; pinyin: nǚ), it is almost always used as a male name.
[edit] People with the surname An
- An Shigao, the first Buddhist missionary to China
- An Xuan, who followed An Shigao to Luoyang several decades later
- An Lushan, provincial military governor during the Tang dynasty
- An Qingxu, son and murderer of An Lushan
- An Yangfeng, chess player holding the title of Woman International Master
- An Guojun, scholar of oracle bone script
- Andy On, Chinese American actor
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