Wēn
Wen is a Chinese surname. ), meaning "warm", is sometimes romanised as Wen or Vun in Taiwan, Ôn in Vietnamese Wan in Cantonese, or Wen/Won/Wan/Bong/Voon/Oon/Woon/Man/Mun in Malaysia. According to a 2013 study it was found to be the 104th-most common surname, shared by 2,170,000 people or 0.160% of the population, with the province with the most people being Guangdong.
Origins
- from Wen, the name of an ancient state during the Western Zhou dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn period this state was annexed by Di and the Prince of Wen fled to the state of Wey. His descendants acquired then name of their origins state as their surname.
- from the place-name Wen, a fief granted to Wen Ji, an official in Jin during the Spring and Autumn period
- from the Chi Wen, Wen Pen, and Wen Gu families of the Xianbei people
- from the personal name of Wen Sheng, who went into exile and changed his original surname, Liu, to Wen after his father, Liu Yicong, an official in the Tang dynasty, suffered persecution and death.
Notable people
- Wen Jiao, courtesy name Taizhen, formally Duke Zhongwu of Shi'an, was a renowned Jin Dynasty general and governor.
- Wen Dalin, courtesy name Yanbo, better known as Wen Yanbo, posthumously known as Duke Gong of Yu, was a Chinese official who lived in the early Tang Dynasty
- Ming-Na Wen a Chinese–American actress
- Wen Tingyun, Tang dynasty poet
- Wen Yang (chess player) Chinese chess player who became China's 25th Grandmaster
- Wen Jiabao, Premier of the People's Republic of China from 2003 to 2013
- Wen Junfeng, Chinese aircraft engine designer
- Deric Wan, Hong Kong actor and singer
- Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress
- James Wan, Australian filmmaker
- Leana Wen, Chinese-born American physician
- Wen Shang-yi (Monster), is one of the two guitarists and leader of the Taiwanese rock band, Mayday
- Oon Shu An, Singaporean actress and host
- Walter Woon Cheong Ming, Singaporean judge and former attorney-general of Singapore
- Woon Sui Kut, Singaporean sports official
- Woon Swee Oan, Malaysian writer
- Woon Khe Wei, Malaysian badminton player