Yan (surname)

Yan (Chinese: 偃) is a Chinese surname. It is the romanization for several chinese characters, e.g. "嚴", "顏", "言", "燕", "閻", "闫", "鄢" in Mandarin or "甄" in Cantonese.

Yan (嚴) is a Chinese surname. It has various origins:

• in Chu (state), Zhuang (莊) family get surname Yan (嚴), branch of Xiong (surname)
• Zhuang (莊) family change their names to Yan (嚴) upon the ascension of the Han Ming Emperor, whose personal name was Zhuang, owing to the naming taboo.
• in Qin (state), Ying (嬴) family get surname Yan (嚴), branch of Yíng (Chinese surname)
• during the Ancient, the State of Yan (嚴國) founded, there Citizen get surname Yan (嚴) with title of state
• during the Sixteen Kingdoms, the royal of Xianbei get surname Yan (嚴), branch of Liu family the Xiongnu
• Chinese Minority the Xibe people, Yi people, Tu people use surname Yan (嚴)

延

Yan (燕) is a Chinese surname. It has various origins:

• during the Han Dynasty, Xirong (西戎) the Loufan (樓煩) get surname Yan (延), branch of Pan (surname) (潘)
• during the Northern Wei (北魏), Emperor Xiaowen (孝文帝) family get surname Yan (延)
• during the Northern Wei (北魏), Xianbei noble's three-syllable surname was reduced to Yan (延)
• during the Anceint, Yue people (越族) Baiyue (百越) get surname Yan (延) in Zhejiang the old Wu (state)

燕

See also: Former Yan and Yan (state)

Yan (燕) is Chinese surname. It has various origins:

• during the Ancient China, Ji (姞) family get surname Yan (燕) with title of Nanyan (state) (南燕國)
• during the Zhou Dynasty, Ji (姬) family get surname Yan (燕) with title of Yan (state) (燕國)
• during the Three Kingdoms Period, Wuhuan people use surname Yan (燕)
• Chinese Murong family get surname Yan (燕) with title of Former Yan (前燕)

閻

Yan (閻) surname from Ji (姬) family of Zhou Dynasty, and some other surname Yan merge to Yan (閻) in the East Asian Nation.