An (Chinese name)
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The surname An literally means "peace" or "tranquility", also serves as an abbreviation of Anxi , meaning "Arsacid" in Chinese. Visitors to China who came from Arsacid-held territories often took the name An.
It can also be used as a Chinese personal name. Despite the fact that it is written with the character for "girl" , it is almost always used as a male name.
It can also be used as a Chinese personal name. Despite the fact that it is written with the character for "girl" , it is almost always used as a male name.
People with the surname An
- An Shigao, the first Buddhist missionary to China
- An XuanAn XuanAn Xuan was a Parthian layman accredited with working alongside 安世高 in the translation of early Buddhist texts in Luoyang during the Later Han Dynasty....
, who followed An Shigao to LuoyangLuoyangLuoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province of Central China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast.Situated on the central plain of...
several decades later - An LushanAn LushanAn Lushan was a general who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty in China.His name was also transcribed into Chinese as Āluòshān or Gáluòshān ,...
, provincial military governor during the Tang dynastyTang DynastyThe Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire... - An QingxuAn QingxuAn Qingxu , né An Renzhi , was a son of An Lushan, a general of the Chinese Tang Dynasty who rebelled and took imperial title of his own state of Yan. An Qingxu serves as the Prince of Jin from 756 - 757, and later killed his father and took imperial title for himself. He was eventually defeated...
, son and murderer of An Lushan - An YangfengAn YangfengAn Yangfeng is a Chinese Woman International Master-titled chess player.She was a member of the Chinese national chess team, andpart of the national team at the Chess Olympiad four times in 1980-1986...
, chess player holding the title of Woman International Master - An Guojun, scholar of oracle bone scriptOracle bone scriptOracle bone script refers to incised ancient Chinese characters found on oracle bones, which are animal bones or turtle shells used in divination in Bronze Age China...
- Andy OnAndy OnAndy On Chi-kit is a Chinese American actor and martial artist.-Biography:On was born on 11 May 1977, in Providence, Rhode Island. As a native to the USA, Andy On can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese...
, Chinese American actor