Xiong (surname)

Xiong
Xiong surname in regular script
PronunciationXióng (Pinyin)
Hîm, Hiông (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
DerivationJilian
Meaning"bear"
Other names
Variant form(s)Xiong, Hsiung (Mandarin)
Xyooj (Hmong)
Hung, Hong (Cantonese)
Him (Hokkien)
Hong, Yoong (Hakka)
Hiōng (Gan)
Hùng (Vietnamese)
Cognate(s)Mi (surname) (芈)
See alsoZhurong (祝融)

Xiong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 熊 (Xióng). It is 41st in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu).