元
yuán · Yuan
- Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
- No. 91
- Ancestral seat (junwang)
- 河南
- Wikidata
- Q2264383
In other languages
- German Yuan
- English Yuan
- French Yuan
- Korean 위안
- Vietnamese Nguyên
Notable historical bearers
Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.
- Yuan Zhen779 – 831
Chinese poet
- Won Gyun1540 – 1597
Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (1540 -1597)
- Corey Yuen1951 – 2022
Hong Kong actor and film director (1951–2022)
- Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei467 – 499
Emperor of Northern Wei Dynasty from 471 to 499
- Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei483 – 515
Northern Wei emperor
- Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei510 – 528
Northern Wei emperor
- Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei510 – 535
last Northern Wei emperor (510-535)
- Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei507 – 531
Northern Wei emperor
- Emperor Wen of Western Wei507 – 551
Emperor of Western Wei from 535 to 551
- Yuan Lang513 – 532
Northern Wei emperor
- Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei498 – 532
Northern Wei emperor
- Emperor Xiaojing of Eastern Wei524 – 552
Emperor of Eastern Wei from 534 to 550
- Emperor Fei of Western Wei525 – 554
Western Wei emperor
- Yuan Zhao526 – 528
Northern Wei emperor
- Yuan Ye509 – 532
Northern Wei Emperor
- Yuan Haowen1190 – 1257
Chinese poet (1190–1257)
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 元 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).