Fei (surname)

Fei
Origin
Word/nameChinese
Meaning"fees"
Region of originChinese
Other names
Variant form(s)Translations simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Fèi
[1]

Fei (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; 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]

  1. ^ 1990 Census Name Files
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Fei-civil-war.ashx [user-generated source]