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Updated February 15, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Chinese : from an area called Xie, in present-day Henan province. Xuan Wang, the penultimate king (827–781 bc) of the Western Zhou dynasty, granted this area to one of his brothers-in-law, and the latter’s descendants adopted the place name Xie as their surname.
  • Chinese : from the name of Xie City, which existed in present-day Henan province during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc).

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