Ruan (surname)

Ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: Ruǎn, [ʐwàn]) is a family name originated from China.

The Mandarin Chinese version (pronounced [ʐwàn]) is romanized as Ruǎn in pinyin and Juǎn for the Wade–Giles System formerly standard in Taiwan. The Taiwanese Hokkien version [ŋ̩̂] is transcribed Ńg in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Cantonese version [jy̌n] is romanized Jyun2 in the Jyutping system or Yún in the Yale system, or more commonly Yuen or Un (the latter is typical in Macau). In Hokchew Chinese, it is Nguang.

Its Vietnamese equivalent is Nguyễn (pronounced [ŋʷǐˀən] in Northern Vietnamese and [ŋʷĩəŋ] in Southern Vietnamese), and is the most common Vietnamese family name.