Xiān
surname · Latin script
Xiān is a surname written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 西安 (Xī'ān, “Western Peace”), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 西安 (Xī'ān, “Western Peace”), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
Sources 3
- Wiktionary
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
- Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Xian Cangyuanb. 669Tang dynasty person CBDB = 143069
- Xian Nanxunb. 1224Song dynasty person (CBDB = 39608)
- Xian Kejinb. 1562politician
- Xian WangTang dynasty person CBDB = 92559
- Xian Zhongperson, CBDB = 150954
- Xian FengtaiSong dynasty person (CBDB = 136290)
- Xian DachunSong dynasty person CBDB = 137732
- Xian Weifather in law of Tian Ying, Tang dynasty, China
- Xian HelinQing dynasty person CBDB = 57227
- Xian Guiperson, CBDB = 165075
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Xiān mean, and where does it come from?
- From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 西安 (Xī'ān, “Western Peace”), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)). Recorded by Wiktionary and Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2) and 1 other source.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/xi%C4%81nThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Xiān”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.