Fei (surname)

Fei (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Fèi) is a traditional Chinese surname. It was 65th in the Hundred Family Surnames.[2]

Fei
Origin
Word/nameChinese
Meaning"fees"
Region of originChinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Translations simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Fèi
[1]

This surname has three main sources. Two of them are from the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 BC), part of present-day Shandong province. A senior official of the state of Lu was granted a city named Fei, while the son of a certain duke was granted a county named Fei. Both of these place names were adopted by descendants as surnames. A third source of the name is Fei Zhong, a high minister of the Yin Dynasty (1401–1122 BC).[3]

Notable people

  • Fei Hsiao-Tung, professor of sociology and anthropology
  • Fei Junlong, commander of the second Chinese space flight
  • Fei Wuji, corrupt minister of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period
  • Fei Xiang (transcription of the English name “Philips”), Taiwanese-American pop singer
  • Fei Yi, regent of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period
  • Fei Yu-ching (Stage-name), Taiwanese singer

Italian surname

  • Alessandro Fei (disambiguation)
  • Giacomo Fei (born 1992), Italian footballer
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See also

  • FEI (disambiguation)
  • Wang Feifei (born 1987), Chinese singer, actress, presenter and model

References

  1. 1990 Census Name Files
  2. K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
  3. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Fei-civil-war.ashx
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