Xin (surname)

Xin is the romanization of several Chinese surnames including Xīn 辛, Xīn 新 and Xìn 信. Xīn 辛 is the commonest among these; it is the 379th surname in the Hundred Family Surnames.

辛
The Chinese Xin (辛) family originated from: Also written "Sun" in Cantonese.
 * Xia Hou (夏后) family in the Xia dynasty period
 * Shen (莘) family in the Xia dynasty period
 * Zang (藏) and Tujia (土家) the Chinese minority
 * Xiang (項) family the Ji (姬) family in Later Zhou dynasty period
 * Beidi the Donghu people

信
The Chinese Xin (信) family originated from:
 * Ji (姬) family of Wei (state)
 * Manchu people at Qing dynasty period

新
The Chinese Xin (新) family originated from:
 * Ji (姬) family of Zhou dynasty
 * Ji (姬) family of Jin (state) (晉)
 * Mongolian of Yuan dynasty period

Xīn 辛

 * Master Wen, attributed author of Wenzi
 * Xin Zhui (died 163 BC), Marquise of Dai
 * Xin Ping, d. 204 – minister to Han Fu in the Eastern Han dynasty
 * Xin Pi, minister for the Cao Wei empire
 * Xin Xianying, 191–269 – daughter of Xin Pi
 * Empress Xin (Zhang Zuo), wife of the Chinese state Former Liang's ruler Zhang Zuo
 * Xin Maojiang, Tang dynasty chancellor
 * Empress Xin, wife of Shi Siming
 * Xin Qiji, poet and statesman in the Southern Song dynasty
 * Hsin Wen-bing 1912–1999, Taiwanese politician.
 * Jaime Sin, 1928–2005 – archbishop of Manila
 * Xin Kegui, 1950–2012 – professor at Tsinghua University
 * Winnie Hsin, b. 1962 – singer in Taiwan

Xīn 忻

 * Xin Dongwang, 1963–2014 – painter in China

Xìn 信

 * Hsin Shih-chang, Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Republic of China
 * Xin Dufang, mathematician in the Northern Qi dynasty
 * Xin Changxing (信长星; born 1963) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as Deputy Communist Party Secretary of Anhui province