Chinese surnames

聂

niè · Nie

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 370
Ancestral seat (junwang)
河东
Wikidata
Q1930547

In other languages

  • German Nie
  • English Nie
  • Spanish Nie
  • Japanese 聶
  • Korean 녜
  • Russian Не
  • Vietnamese Nhiếp
  • Traditional Chinese 聶

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Nie Er1912 – 1935

    Composed the national anthem of the People's Republic of China (1912-1935)

  • Nie Rongzhen1899 – 1992

    Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1899-1992)

  • Nie Shicheng1836 – 1900

    Chinese Qing Dynasty general (1836–1900)

  • Nie Weiping1952 – 2026

    Chinese go player (1952-2026)

  • Nie Yuanzi1921 – 2019

    Chinese Red Guards leader (1921–2019)

  • Nie Gannu1903 – 1986

    Essayist and poet

  • Nie Bao1487 – 1563

    Ming dynasty politician

  • Nie Bichu1928 – 2018

    Chinese politician

  • Nie You220 – 253

    Eastern Wu offical

  • Nie Fengzhi1913 – 1992

    Chinese general

  • Hualing Nieh Engle1925 – 2024

    Chinese American writer (1925-2024)

  • Nie Qijie1880 – 1953

    Chinese businessman (1880-1953)

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

Search 聂 genealogies at the Shanghai Library ↗

Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).