Yin surname
Yin is the 14th surname in China today, accounting for about .16% of the Han population in China. Yin surname is widely distributed in China, especially in Shandong, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hebei, Shaanxi, Jiangsu and other provinces. The Yin surname in these six provinces accounts for about 58% of the Han population in China.
The historical development of Yin surname
The origin
comes from the descendants of Zi or Feng, the eldest son of Yin Xian.
According to the records in the years of Customs Tong, Yuanhe Family Name Compilation and Tongzhi Clan Brief, Pan Geng, the monarch of Shang Dynasty, moved his capital from Yan to Yin, so he was called Yin or Yin Shang. After the demise of the Shang dynasty, the adherents of the Shang dynasty took the country name as their surname and called it Yin. The Yin family supported for more than 3, years.
is one of the very old surnames. This branch was pronounced Y in the early Yin family and changed to Yan in the late Spring and Autumn Period. After the Tang Dynasty, confusion was changed to Yin. In the Song Dynasty, many Yin surnames were changed to Tang, Shang, Dai and Lin. Because they avoided the name of their father Zhao.
Origin
Originated from place names and Yinshui River in Yingchuan, Henan Province, it belongs to the name of Juyi.
according to the records in "A Brief Introduction to the Tongzhi Clan" and "A Brief Account of Surnames", there was Yinshui in Yuzhou in ancient times, and the aborigines took water as their surname, thus forming the Yin family in central Henan, which was one of the earliest surnames. The correct pronunciation of Yin Zhi's surname is "Yan". In the Tang Dynasty, the word "Li" was abbreviated as "sound". Since then, most people in the Yin clan have changed their pronunciation to "Li" and their surnames to "Yin".
how nice is Yin's name?
Panfa
Hope method is a naming method used by couples who can't have sons or children who can't have children and raise them. Like recruiting younger brothers, nobles and so on.
weight method
weight is to name a child according to its birth weight. For example, nine pounds, six pounds and so on. This custom of naming is popular in eastern Zhejiang!
characteristic method
a special method is to name a child according to its special appearance at birth. For example, Confucius' name is Kong Qiu. After he was born, people found that he had a particularly sunken head, so his father named him Qiu.
in terms of names, there are different ways. In fact, some people name their names directly by weight. If the child weighs nine pounds, etc. Then these customs are mainly in eastern Zhejiang, and giving birth to children is also a method that can directly use the characteristics.