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| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Word/name | Chinese |
| Meaning | "fees" |
| Region of origin | Chinese |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Translations simplified Chinese: 费; traditional Chinese: 費; pinyin: Fèi |
| [1] | |
Fei (simplified Chinese: 费; traditional Chinese: 費; pinyin: Fèi) is a traditional Chinese surname. It was 65th in the Hundred Family Surnames.[2]
This surname has three main sources. Two of them are from the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 BC), part of present-day Shandong province. A senior official of the state of Lu was granted a city named Fei, while the son of a certain duke was granted a county named Fei. Both of these place names were adopted by descendants as surnames. A third source of the name is Fei Zhong, a high minister of the Yin Dynasty (1401–1122 BC).[3]
- ^ 1990 Census Name Files
- ^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.
- ^ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Fei-civil-war.ashx [user-generated source]