Min (surname)

For the derivative Korean surname, see Min (Korean name).

Min (闵/閔)
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Pronunciation	Min (Mandarin) Man (Cantonese)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant(s)	Man
Derivative(s)	Min (Korean name)

Min is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 闵 in simplified Chinese and 閔 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Man in Cantonese. Min is listed 132nd in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames. As of 2008, it is the 193rd most common surname in China, shared by 520,000 people.

Notable people

• Min Sun (536–487 BC), influential disciple of Confucius
• Min Chun (died 191 AD), Eastern Han dynasty official
• Min Gui (閔珪; 1430–1511), Ming dynasty Viceroy of Liangguang and Minister of War
• Min Kai (閔楷; 16th century), Ming dynasty Minister of Revenue
• Min Hongxue (閔洪學; 16th–17th century), Ming dynasty Minister of Personnel
• Min Mengde (闵梦得; 1565–1628), Ming dynasty Minister of War
• Min Zhen (1730–?), Qing dynasty painter
• Min Yide (闵一得; 1758–1836), Qing dynasty Taoist
• Min Erchang (闵尔昌; 1872–1948), poet and historian
• Min Ganghou (闵刚侯; 1904–1971), PRC Vice Minister of Justice
• Min Naida (闵乃大), Chinese-German computer scientist
• Min Zhiting (闵智亭; 1924–2004), chairman of the Chinese Taoist Association
• Min Enze (1924–2016), petrochemical engineer, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Min Guirong (闵桂荣; born 1933), astrophysicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Min Naiben (闵乃本; born 1935), physicist, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, brother of Min Naida
• Min Huifen (闵惠芬; 1945–2014), erhu master
• Min Weifang (闵维方; born 1950), former vice president of Peking University
• Anchee Min or Min Anqi (born 1957), Chinese-American author
• Min Lulei (闵鹿蕾; born 1963), basketball player and coach
• Min Chunfeng (born 1969), female discus thrower
• Min Jin (born 1978), football player
• Min Chunxiao (闵春晓; born 1983), actress