Ouyang

Ōuyáng
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese language
Word/name	Geographical place names
Derivation	Mount Ouyu (now Mount Sheng) and Yang riverbank

Ouyang (traditional Chinese: 歐おう陽ひ; simplified Chinese: 欧おう阳; pinyin: Ōuyáng; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄡㄧㄤˊ) is a Chinese surname. It is the most common two-character Chinese compound surname, being the only two-character name of the 400 most common Chinese surnames, according to a 2013 study.^[1]

Variations/transliterations

Chinese languages : Ouyang, Oyang, O Yang, O'Yang, Owyang, Au Yong, Auyong, Ah Yong, Auyang, Auyeung, Au Yeung, Au Yeang, Au Yeong, Au Ieong, Ao Ieong, Eoyang, Oyong, O'Young, Auwjong, Ojong, Owyong, Ou Young, Ow Yeong, Ow Young
Vietnamese languages : An-dương, Arang, Orang, Urang (安陽あんよう, in ancient Annam), Âu-dương (Northern), Âu-giương (Central), Âu-dzương (Southern), Âu-rương, Âu-lương, Âu-lang, Âu-giang
Korean : 구양 (Guyang)
Japanese : 欧おう陽ひ (おうよう, Ōyō)

History

The Song dynasty historian Ouyang Xiu traced the Ouyang surname to Ti (蹄, pinyin: Tí), a prince of Yue, the second son of King Wujiang (無む疆). After his state was extinguished by the state of Chu, Ti and his family lived in the south side of the Mount Ouyu (歐おう余山よやま, currently called Mount Sheng 升ます山やま in Huzhou, Zhejiang). In Classical Chinese, the south side of a mountain or the north bank of a river is called Yang (陽ひ), thus the Ti family was called Ouyang. He was called Marquis of Ouyang Village (歐おう陽ひ亭てい侯こう). Traditionally, Ti's ancestry can be traced through his father Wujiang, the King of Yue, to the semi-legendary Yu the Great (大だい禹).

According to a 2013 study, Ouyang was the 169th most common name in China, being shared by around 910000 people or 0.068% of the total population, with the province with the most people with the name being Hunan.

Geographical origins

In terms of distribution Ouyangs have mostly been confined to southern China, especially the areas of southern Jiangxi, central Hubei and eastern Henan, with smaller pockets in Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi.^[2]

Notable clans

The most prominent of the Ouyang clans historically was undoubtedly that of Yongfeng in Jiangxi, which produced a number of scholars who reached prominence in the imperial bureaucracy. Genealogical lineages and family trees have been established for a number of Ouyang clans around China, showing migration patterns from the Song to the Qing dynasty.

In Vietnam, this clan was often shortcut as Âu (歐おう), Dương (阳) or Dương/Giàng (陽ひ).

Notable people

Catalina Ouyang, American artist
Ouyang Feiying, 1930s Shanghai singer
Ouyang Feifei, Taiwanese-Japanese singer
Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese musician, singer and actress
Ouyang Didi, Taiwanese singer and member of girl group Gen1es
Ouyang Xiadan, CCTV News reporter
Ouyang Xiu, Song dynasty scholar
Ouyang Xun, Tang dynasty scholar
Ouyang Zhan, Tang dynasty scholar
Ouyang Yibing, Chinese film scripter
Ouyang Ziyuan, Chinese cosmochemist and geochemist, chief scientist in charge of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program
Âu Dương Quân, Vietnamese footballer of JMG Academy
Âu Dương Thanh, former Vietnamese footballer of Customs F.C.
Au Yeung Yiu Chung, Hong Kong footballer
Bobby Au-yeung, Hong Kong actor
Mieke Oeyang, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy^[3]
Susanna Au-yeung, Hong Kong actress and acupuncturist
Elsie Ao Ieong, Macau Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture
Stephen Oyoung, Chinese-American actor
Jimmy O. Yang, born Au-yeung Man-sing, Chinese-American stand-up comedian and actor
MC Jin, born Jin Au Yeung, hip-hop artist
Myra Sidharta, born Auwjong Tjhoen Moy, Indonesian historian
Darryl O'Young, Chinese name Au-Yeung Ruoxi, Canadian-born Hong Kong racing driver
Petrus Kanisius Ojong, born Auwjong Peng Koen, co-founder of Indonesian newspaper Kompas
Francis Ouyang, Chief of Hospital Medicine VA Medical Center, United States.
Pearl Au Yeung, Hong Kong Children's book author-illustrator

Culture

By Vietnamese scholars, 歐おう陽ひ may be an origin of words văn-lang (minang / 文郎ふみお), mê-linh (maleng / 麊泠), âu-lạc (urang, orang, anak / 甌雒, 甌駱) and an-dương (arang / 安陽あんよう) what means "people" or "country" in ancient Tai and Malayo-Polynesian languages.

Malayo-Polynesian languages : Anak
Muong languages : Rú rác (in ancient), nú nác (in modern)
Vietic languages : Núi nước (in ancient), đất nước (in modern)

References

^ Wu Jie (武たけ洁); Yang Jianchun (杨建春はる) (2014-06-23). 张、王おう、李り、赵谁最多さいた——2010年ねん人口じんこう普ひろし查姓氏し结构和わ分布ぶんぷ特とく点てん. 中国ちゅうごく统计 (in Chinese). 2014 (6): 22–23. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
^ 李り開ひらく菊きく (2007-08-28). "本ほん"姓せい"難なん移うつり歐おう陽ひ後代こうだい爭そう復姓ふくせい" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 《自由時報じゆうじほう》. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
^ "Mieke Eoyang".

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[张、王、李、赵谁最多-1] Wu Jie (武たけ洁); Yang Jianchun (杨建春はる) (2014-06-23). 张、王おう、李り、赵谁最多さいた——2010年ねん人口じんこう普ひろし查姓氏し结构和わ分布ぶんぷ特とく点てん. 中国ちゅうごく统计 (in Chinese). 2014 (6): 22–23. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2015-01-19.

[歐陽-2] 李り開ひらく菊きく (2007-08-28). "本ほん"姓せい"難なん移うつり歐おう陽ひ後代こうだい爭そう復姓ふくせい" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 《自由時報じゆうじほう》. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2015-01-27.

[3] "Mieke Eoyang".

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