Ai (surname)

Ai (艾)
Ai in Chinese character
PronunciationÀi (Mandarin)
Language(s)Chinese
Origin
Language(s)Old Chinese
Meaning"mugwort"

Ai is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname 艾. It is listed 334th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.[1] As of 2008, it is the 215th most common surname in Taiwan, shared by 400,000 people.[2]

  1. ^ "百家姓" [Hundred Family Surnames] (in Chinese). Guoxue. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
  2. ^ 中国最新300大姓排名（2008） [300 most common surnames in China (2008)] (in Chinese). Taiwan.cn. 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-28.