Ruan (surname)

Ruan (, ) is a Chinese surname.

The Taiwanese Hokkien version or is transcribed Oán and Ńg in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The Cantonese version is romanized Jyun2 in the Jyutping system or Yún in the Yale system, or more commonly Yuen or Un (the latter is typical in Macau). In Hokchew Chinese, it is Nguang.

Its Vietnamese equivalent is Nguyễn (pronounced in Northern Vietnamese and in Southern Vietnamese), and is the most common Vietnamese family name.

Notable people named Ruan

• Ruan Chengfa, a Chinese politician, former Party secretary and governor of Yunnan province and Party secretary of Wuhan.
• , a literature writer during Han Dynasty (Chinese: 阮瑀; ?-212)
• , a bibliography writer during North Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chinese: 阮孝緒; 479－536)
• Ruan Ji, is one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (Chinese: 阮籍;210-263)
• Ruan Xian, a Chinese scholar who lived during the Six Dynasties period (Chinese: 阮咸;3rd century)
• Ruan Yuan, a scholar-official of renown in mid-Qing China prior to the Opium War (Chinese: 阮元, 1764–1849)
• Ruan Lingyu, 20th-century Chinese actress (, 1910–1935)
• Ruan Lufei, Chinese chess player (阮露斐, b. 1987)
• Ruan Xiaoqi, character in the novel Water Margin (阮小七)
• Ethan Juan, a Taiwanese actor
• Wan Soon Bee, Singapore politician and businessman.
• Francis Yuen, Singaporean politician
• Kitty Yuen, Hong Kong entertainer
• Louis Yuen Siu-cheung, Hong Kong actor
• John Ruan, an American businessman and founder of Ruan Transportation
• Yongbin Ruan (born 1953), Chinese mathematician
• Xinbo Ruan, Chinese engineer
• Ruan Mei, fictional character in the video game

See also

• Nguyễn
• Ng (surname)

References