Jin (name)

Jin

Jin is a Chinese family name. The transcription stands for the following Chinese characters:

chinese  金, 晋, 晉, 靳

The Wade-Giles system transcription is Chin . The most famous of these names is Jīn in Chinese  金 , meaning "gold". This name is the 29th name in the List of One Hundred Family Names .

Well-known namesake (金)

• Jīn Wangsun (金 王孫), first husband of Empress Wang Zhi in the Han Dynasty .
• Jin Midi (金 日 磾), a descendant of the Xiongnu , received the family name 金 from Emperor Han Wudi . His father, Xiutu (休 屠) was a feudal lord general of the Xiongnu. His descendants are Jin Xuan (金 旋) and Jin Yi (金 禕).
• The Qiang people use the family names Jīn (金), Chang (羌), Gong (功) and Ju (Goo, 俱).
• Descendants of Qian Liu (錢 鏐) use the name Jīn (金).
• Jin was also one of the family names given to the Jews in Kaifeng by an emperor of the Song Dynasty .
• In the Yuan Dynasty , members of the Liu (劉) clan were given the family name Jīn (金): Jīn Fuxiang (金 覆 祥).
• The Mongols of the Ye (也) clan also received the family name Jīn (金) in the Ming dynasty
• Indigenous peoples of Taiwan were given the name Jīn (金), as did Zhang and others during the Qing Dynasty .
• The Manchurian clan of the Aisin Gioro received the name Jīn (金), as "Aisin " means "gold" in Manchurian .
• Jin uses the same symbol as the Korean "Kim", the most common name in Korea.
  • Jin Midi (金 日 磾)
  • Jin Shengtan (金聖嘆) (Jin Renrui 金人瑞)
  • Jin Yuelin (金岳霖)
  • Jin Di (金 迪)
  • Jin Jing (金 晶)
  • Jin Fengling (金鳳玲)
  • Jin Jingdao (金 敬 道)
  • Jin Liqun (金立群)
  • Jin Luxian (金鲁贤) bishop of Shanghai
  • Jin Xing (金星)
  • Jin Li (金 力)
  • Jin Renqing (金人慶)
  • Jin Yubo (金煜博)
  • Jin Zhiyang (金志扬)
  • Elaine Jin (金燕玲)
  • Ha Jin (Jin Xuefei 金雪飛)
  • Jin Dong
  • Ieng Sary (Kim Trang) leader of the Khmer Rouge

variants

• Gyim, Kim in Central Chinese
• Gim, Kim, Kin in the Hakka
• Gam, Kam in Cantonese
• Kim in versions of Min Nan

靳 (Jìn)

Legend has it that the name Jìn (靳) goes back to Zhu Rong . The name was also a clan name in Chu state . It developed from "Jian-Jin" (篯) and later Jian / Qian (錢) and Jìn (靳).

Well-known namesake (靳)

• Yue-Sai Kan (靳羽西 - Standard : Jìn yǔ xī)

晋 / 晉 (Jìn)

Jìn (晋; 晉 is an abbreviated spelling) is the family name of Táng Shū Yú (唐叔 虞), the brother of King Wu of Zhou , who founded the state of Jin . His descendants had the family name Jìn (晋).

Well-known namesake (晋)

• Jin Xiaomei (晋小梅)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ronald Eng Young: The Hundred Families Surname. The Origin of Hundred Last Names. 1996-2009.