Xin (surname)
Xin is the romanization of several Chinese surnames including Xīn 辛, Xīn 新 and Xìn 信. Xīn 辛 is the most common among these; it is the 379th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames.
Origin of ''Xin''
辛
The Chinese Xin family originated from:- Xia Hou family in the Xia dynasty period
- Shen family in the Xia dynasty period
- Zang and Tujia the Chinese minority
- Xiang family the Ji family in Later Zhou dynasty period
- Beidi the Donghu people
信
The Chinese Xin family originated from:- Ji family of Wei
- Manchu people at Qing dynasty period
新
- Ji family of Zhou dynasty
- Ji family of Jin
- Mongolian of Yuan dynasty period
Notable people named Xin
Xīn 辛
- Master Wen, attributed author of Wenzi
- Xin Zhui, Marquise of Dai
- Xin Ping, d. 204 – minister to Han Fu in the Eastern Han dynasty
- Xin Pi, minister for the Cao Wei empire
- Xin Xianying, 191–269 – daughter of Xin Pi
- Empress Xin, wife of the Chinese state Former Liang's ruler Zhang Zuo
- Xin Maojiang, Tang dynasty chancellor
- Empress Xin, wife of Shi Siming
- Xin Qiji, poet and statesman in the Southern Song dynasty
- Hsin Wen-bing 1912–1999, Taiwanese politician.
- Jaime Sin, 1928–2005 – archbishop of Manila
- Xin Kegui, 1950–2012 – professor at Tsinghua University
- Winnie Hsin, b. 1962 – singer in Taiwan
- William San, b. 1976 - Malaysian actor, radio deejay and host.
Xīn 忻
- Xin Dongwang, 1963–2014 – painter in China
Xìn 信
- Hsin Shih-chang, Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Republic of China
- Xin Dufang, mathematician in the Northern Qi dynasty
- Xin Changxing is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Anhui province