Min (surname)

Updated on Jan 31, 2024

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Language(s) Chinese Variant(s) Man		Language(s) Old Chinese Derivative(s) Min (Korean name)

Pronunciation Min (Mandarin) Man (Cantonese)

Min is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 闵 in simplified Chinese and 閔 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Man in Cantonese. Min is listed 132nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 193rd most common surname in China, shared by 520,000 people.

Notable people

Min Sun (536–487 BC), influential disciple of Confucius

Min Chun (died 191 AD), Eastern Han dynasty official

Min Gui (閔珪; 1430–1511), Ming dynasty Viceroy of Liangguang and Minister of War

Min Kai (閔楷; 16th century), Ming dynasty Minister of Revenue

Min Hongxue (閔洪學; 16th–17th century), Ming dynasty Minister of Personnel

Min Mengde (闵梦得; 1565–1628), Ming dynasty Minister of War

Min Zhen (1730–?), Qing dynasty painter

Min Yide (闵一得; 1758–1836), Qing dynasty Taoist

Min Erchang (闵尔昌; 1872–1948), poet and historian

Min Ganghou (闵刚侯; 1904–1971), PRC Vice Minister of Justice

Min Naida (闵乃大), Chinese-German computer scientist

Min Zhiting (闵智亭; 1924–2004), chairman of the Chinese Taoist Association

Min Enze (1924–2016), petrochemical engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Min Guirong (闵桂荣; born 1933), astrophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Min Naiben (闵乃本; born 1935), physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, brother of Min Naida

Min Huifen (闵惠芬; 1945–2014), erhu master

Min Weifang (闵维方; born 1950), former vice president of Peking University

Anchee Min or Min Anqi (born 1957), Chinese-American author

Min Lulei (闵鹿蕾; born 1963), basketball player and coach

Min Chunfeng (born 1969), female discus thrower

Min Jin (born 1978), football player

Min Chunxiao (闵春晓; born 1983), actress

References

Min (surname) Wikipedia

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