Chinese surnames

梅

méi · Mei

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 145
Ancestral seat (junwang)
汝南
Wikidata
Q712260

In other languages

  • German Mei
  • English Mei
  • Spanish Mei
  • French Mei
  • Korean 메이
  • Russian Мэй
  • Vietnamese Mai

Notable historical bearers

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

  • Anita Mui1963 – 2003

    Hong Kong singer and actress (1963–2003)

  • Mei Lanfang1894 – 1961

    Peking opera artist (1894-1961)

  • Mei Yaochen1002 – 1060

    poet

  • Ann Mui1959 – 2000

    Hong Kong actress and singer (1959-2000)

  • Mei Qing1623 – 1697

    Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, writer and poet (1623-1697)

  • Mei Ju-ao1904 – 1973

    Chinese jurist, professor, politician, and author (1904-1973)

  • Bernardino Mei1612 – 1676

    Italian painter (1612-1676)

  • Mei Baojiu1934 – 2016

    Peking opera artist (1934-2016)

  • Mai Tai Sing1923 – 2018

    actor (1923-2018)

  • Mei Yiqi1889 – 1962

    President of Tsinghua University.

  • Mei Wending1633 – 1721

    Chinese mathematician, astronomer (1633-1721)

  • Chiang C. Mei1935 – 2026

    American fluid dynamicist

  • Mei Quong Tart1850 – 1903

    Chinese merchant

  • Zhi Mei1914 – 2004

    Chinese writer

  • Mei Juecheng1681 – 1763

    Qing dynasty person CBDB = 57793

  • Afong Moy1819 – ?

    first female Chinese immigrant to the United States

  • Mei Siping1896 – 1946

    Chinese politician

  • Mei Dingzuo1549 – 1615

    Ming dynasty writer, 1549–1615

  • Mei Shaowu1928 – 2005

    son of Mei Lanfang

  • Mei Tsu-lin1933 – 2023

    Chinese-born linguist (1933–2023)

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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).