An (Chinese Surname)

An (Chinese Surname)

The surname An (Chinese: 安; pinyin: Ān), literally means "peace" or "tranquility", also serves as an abbreviation of Anxi (安息), meaning "Arsacid" in Chinese. Visitors to China who came from Arsacid-held territories often took the name An.

It can also be used as a Chinese personal name. Despite the fact that it is written with the character for "girl" (Chinese: 女; pinyin: ), it is nevertheless almost exclusively used as a male name.

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