Chinese surnames

倪

ní · Ni

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 71
Ancestral seat (junwang)
千乘
Wikidata
Q6854084

In other languages

  • German Ni
  • English Ni
  • French Ni
  • Korean 니
  • Russian Ни
  • Vietnamese Nghê

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Ni Zan1301 – 1374

    Chinese painter (1301-1374)

  • Watchman Nee1903 – 1972

    Chinese church leader (1903–1972)

  • Ni Kuang1935 – 2022

    Hong Kong writer (1935–2022)

  • Ni Sichong1868 – 1924

    Warlord and General (1868–1924)

  • Ni Yuanlu1593 – 1644

    Ming dynasty official and artist (1593-1644)

  • Ni Zhifu1933 – 2013

    Chinese politician (1933-2013)

  • Ni Zhengyu1906 – 2003

    diplomat, university teacher and judge (1906-2003)

  • Ni Tian1855 – 1919

    Chinese painter (1855-1919)

  • Ni Duan1436 – 1505

    Chinese painter (1436-1505)

  • Ni Wen-ya1902 – 2006

    Chinese politician

  • Ni Zhiliang1900 – 1965

    Chinese diplomat and lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army

  • Ni Chiang-huai1894 – 1943

    Taiwanese painter (1894-1943)

  • Ni Wenjun? – 1357

    Chinese general

  • Ni Ruoshui? – 721

    Tang dynasty person CBDB = 27774

  • Ni Kwei-tseng1869 – 1931

    (1869-1931), mother of Soong sisters

  • Ni Min-jan1946 – 2005

    Taiwanese actor and comedian

  • Ngai Shiu-kit1924 – 2015

    Hong Kong politician (1924-2015)

  • Ni Wenwei1823 – 1890

    political figure in the Qing dynasty (1823-1890)

  • Ni Daolang1879 – 1952

    Chinese politician (1879-1952)

Find printed genealogies

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