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Wèi
Wei character in ancient script on top, standard script at bottom
Romanisation Wei, Ngai Word/name Wei (魏), a fief (located in Ruicheng, Shanxi) from
Mi 羋
Wei (魏) is the English spelling of a
Chinese surname .
Notable people surnamed Wei (魏)
During the
Zhou Dynasty ,
Wei (state) (魏) the Ji family acquired the surname Wèi (魏). During the
Northern Wei (北魏),
Xiaowen family got the surname Wei with the state name.
In 636 BC,
Prince Chong’er became a
Hegemon of China. One of his followers, Wei Wuzi had a son, Wei Qi. Prince Chong’er gave Wei Qi the fiefs of
Lü and
Chu . As a result, most of Wei Qi’s descendants changed their last name to
Lü
During the
Ming Dynasty ,
Gao (高) and
Li (李) family changed their surname to Wei. Wei is also a surname used by some
Chinese minorities .
In 2019 it was the 45th most common surname in Mainland China.
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It is the 30th name on the
Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Vision Wei (魏晨), Chinese singer and actor
Wei Wei (murderer) , executed for murder in Japan by Masako Mori
Wei Pengyuan , sentenced to death for bribery
Wei Hongtian , Chinese diplomat
Wei Wenbo (魏文伯), Chinese politician and revolutionary
Wei Jingsheng (魏京生), Chinese dissident
Wei Kuo-yen (魏國彥), Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China (2014–2016)
Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷), Magistrate of Changhua County (2014–2018)
Wei Qiuyue (魏秋月), Chinese volleyball player
Wei Tao-ming (魏道明), ambassador, mayor of Nanjing, governor of Taiwan, foreign minister
Wei Xiaoyuan (魏晓媛), Chinese
artistic gymnast
Wei Yan (魏延), a military officer of Shu during the Three Kingdoms Period
Wei Yao-chien (魏耀乾), member of Legislative Yuan (1990–1996)
Wei Yaxin (born 2000), Chinese badminton player
Empress of Wei Clan consort of the
Qianlong Emperor and Empress of the
Qing Dynasty
Wei Yung (魏鏞), Minister of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission of the Republic of China (1976–1988)
Wei Zheng (魏徵), the statesman of the Tang Dynasty
Wei Zhongxian (魏忠賢), eunuch, original name Li Jinzhong
Katherine Wei-Sender , Chinese American bridge player and spouse of C. C. Wei
C. C. Wei (魏重庆), Chinese American bridge player
Dexter Goei , Chinese-Indonesian American businessman
Juncheng Wei , mathematician
Notable people surnamed Wei (尉)
Wèi (尉) family name originated from
Wei family of
Zheng (郑国),
Yu family of
Xia Dynasty (复), and Royal of
Northern Wei (北魏), and many more.
Notable people surnamed Wei (蔿)
Wěi (蔿) family name from the
Yuan (surname) (薳) the form a
Xiong (surname) (熊) of
Chu (state) .
Other notable people surnamed Wei
Belle Wei , American electric engineer and educator
See also
References
100 most common family names in Mainland China (2020)
1–25 26–50 51–75 76–100 Related