Yan (surname 顏)
Also known as Gan in Hokkien or Ngan in Cantonese. This was the 112th most common surname in the People's Republic of China in 2008, shared by around 1.7 million citizens.[1]
| Romanization | Mandarin: Yan Hokkien: Gan Cantonese: Ngan Vietnamese: Nhan Korean: An |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Yán, Ngan4, Gân |
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | “face”, colour |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | Zou, Zhu, Lu (surname 魯) |
According to a 2013 study it was the 118th-most common surname, shared by 1,640,000 people or 0.120% of the population, with the province with the most people being Hunan.[2]
It is derived from at least two sources:[3]
- from the personal name 顏, the style name of Duke Wu of Zhu, the king of the state of Zhu, during the Western Zhou dynasty
- from the name of a fief in modern Shandong province granted to Bo Qin, son of Duke of Zhou the first king of Lu during the Western Zhou dynasty
Government, politics, military
- Yan Huiqing, Chinese writer, politician, and diplomat from Shanghai
- Yen Chiu-lai, Deputy Minister of the Central Personnel Administration of the Republic of China (2005–2008, 2009–2012)
- Yan Jeou-rong, Deputy Minister of Public Construction Commission of the Republic of China
- Yan Hong-sen, Minister without Portfolio of the Republic of China (2015–2016)
- Gan Kim Yong, Minister of Health of Singapore
- Gan Ping Sieu, Malaysian Chinese Association politician
- Gan Peck Cheng, Malaysian politician
Entertainment
- Yan Bingyan (颜丙燕), Chinese actress
- Johnny Ngan, Hong Kong film actor and television actor
Business
- Gan Eng Seng, Chinese businessman and philanthropist who was one of the early pioneers of Singapore
Scholars, academics, scientists
- Catherine Yan (颜华菲), Chinese and American mathematician
- Gan Wee Teck (颜维德), Malaysian mathematician
Sport
- Yan Junling, Chinese football goalkeeper
- Yan Bingtao (颜丙涛), Chinese snooker player
- Ngan Lok Fung, Hong Kong football midfielder
- Kevin Ngan, Hong Kong fencer
- Yen Hsing-su, also known as Johnny Yen, Taiwanese basketball player
- Brendan Gan, (1988–present) Malaysian footballer
Other
- Yen Shui-long, Taiwanese painter and sculptor
- Steven Gan (颜重庆/顏重慶)(1963–present), Malaysian journalist
References
- Yuan Yida (袁义达), Qiu Jiaru, 邱家儒. 中国四百大姓. Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013
- by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, Peter McClure, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
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