Xian (surname)

Xian (咸)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Derivation	Gaoxin (高辛)
Meaning	Full
Other names
Variant(s)	Xhan, Shan, Shen
Cognate(s)	Zi (surname) Wu (surname) Si (surname) Mi (surname) Ji (surname)
Derivative(s)	Haam, Ham, Hahm the Cantonese
See also	Wu Xian (astronomer)

Xian (Chinese: 咸) is Chinese surname. Cantonese the Haam, old Chinese the Ham, Hahm.

Origin

Di Ku (帝嚳) the Gaoxin (高辛)'s posterity get surname Xian (咸).
during the Shang Dynasty, Astronomer Wu Xian (巫咸) get surname with Given name the Xian (咸).
during the Emperor Yao, Si (姒) family get surname Xian (咸).
in territory of Chu (state), Mi (芈) family get surname Xian (咸).
during the Zhou Dynasty in Jin (晋), Ji (姬) family get surname Xian (咸).
during the Han Dynasty, Hui people (回) get surname Xian (咸).
during the Qing Dynasty in Liaoning, Khitan (契丹) get surname Xian (咸).
Various Chinese Minority use surname Xian (咸).^[1]