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尹 Yin — a top-100 surname

88.4 / 100 overall fit

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Where the surname comes from

A surname meaning 'governor', one of the oldest official titles in Chinese history.

Why it scores this way

Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.

Common enough that most Chinese speakers recognise it (roughly the top 100).

4 strokes — one of the simpler surnames to write and sign.

People who carried this name

• Yin Zhongkan — —
• Yin Xi — Gatekeeper of Hangu Pass in Spring and Autumn period, invited Laozi to write the Tao Te Ching. Revered as a Taoist sage.
• Yin Wen — Philosopher of Warring States period, representative of the School of Names, author of Yin Wenzi.

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