Lan (surname 蓝)
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Not to be confused with Lan (surname 兰).
Lan is the Mandarin pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname written 蓝 in simplified Chinese and 藍 in traditional Chinese. It is romanized Lam or Nam in Cantonese.
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Pronunciation | Lán (Mandarin) Lam or Nam (Cantonese) |
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Language(s) | Chinese |
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Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Meaning | blue |
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Variant form(s) | Lam, Nam, Na, Nah |
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Lan is listed 131st in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008[update], it was the 121st most common surname in China, shared by 1.4 million people.[2]