Xiong (surname)
 Xiong surname in regular script | |
| Pronunciation | Xióng (Pinyin) Hîm, Hiông (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Chinese |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Derivation | Jilian |
| Meaning | "bear" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Xiong, Hsiung (Mandarin) Xyooj (Hmong) Hung, Hong (Cantonese) Him (Hokkien) Hong, Yoong (Hakka) Hiōng (Gan) Ung (Korean) Hùng (Vietnamese) |
| Cognate(s) | Mi (surname) (芈) |
| See also | Zhurong (祝融) |
Xiong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 熊 (Xióng). It is 41st in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu).
Romanizations[]
熊 is also romanized as Hsiung2 in Wade-Giles. It is Hung or Hong in Cantonese; Him in Hokkien, Hong or Yoong in Hakka; Hiōng in Gan; Hùng in Vietnamese; and Xyooj in Hmong.
Note that "Hong" and "Hung" may also refer to the unrelated surname 洪.
Distribution[]
熊 is the 71st most common surname in mainland China.
Although Chinese make up the largest part of America's Asian and Pacific Islander population,[1] none of the romanizations of 熊 appeared among the 1000 most common surnames during the AD 2000 US census.[2]
Origins[]
Xiong's literal meaning is "bear", Xiong (熊) is branch to Mi (surname) (芈) of Chu (state).
Xiong traces back to the legendary Chinese culture hero Fuxi, who was also styled "" (黄熊, lit. "Yellow Bear"). One archaic form of the surname combined this into a single character WIKI