Ruan (surname)

Ruan
	Ruan surname in regular script
Pronunciation	Ruǎn (Pinyin); Ńg (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)	Chinese, Vietnamese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ruan, Juan (Mandarin); Un, Yuen (Cantonese); Ng (Hokkien); Nguang (Teochew); Nguang (Hokchew); Nguyễn (Vietnamese)
Derivative(s)	Nguyễn

Ruan (Chinese: 阮; pinyin: Ruǎn; Wade–Giles: Juan, [ʐwàn] ^ⓘ) is a Chinese surname.

The Taiwanese Hokkien version Error: {{IPA}}: unrecognized language tag: [ŋ̩̂] is transcribed Ńg in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Cantonese version Error: {{IPA}}: unrecognized language tag: [jy̌n] is romanized Jyun2 in the Jyutping system or Yún in the Yale system, or more commonly Yuen or Un (the latter is typical in Macau). In Hokchew Chinese, it is Nguang.

Its Vietnamese equivalent is Nguyễn (pronounced [ŋʷǐˀən] ^ⓘ in Northern Vietnamese and [ŋʷĩəŋ] ^ⓘ in Southern Vietnamese), and is the most common Vietnamese family name.

Notable people named Ruan

Ruan Yu, a literature writer during Han Dynasty (Chinese: 阮瑀; ?-212)
Ruan Xiaoxu, a bibliography writer during North Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chinese: 阮孝緒; 479－536)
Ruan Ji, is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chinese: 阮籍;210-263)
Ruan Xian, a Chinese scholar who lived during the Six Dynasties period (Chinese: 阮咸;3rd century)
Ruan Yuan, a scholar-official of renown in mid-Qing China prior to the Opium War (Chinese: 阮元, 1764-1849)
Ruan Lingyu, 20th-century Chinese actress (阮玲玉, 1910-1935)
Ruan Lufei, Chinese chess player (阮露斐, b. 1987)
Ruan Xiaoqi, character in the novel Water Margin (阮小七)
Ethan Juan, a Taiwanese actor
Kitty Yuen, Hong Kong entertainer
Louis Yuen Siu-cheung, Hong Kong actor
John Ruan, an American businessman and founder of Ruan Transportation
Xinbo Ruan, Chinese engineer

Notable people named Ruan

See also