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First name content excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to 30,000 Baby Names © 2005 by Marcia Layton Turner. Buy this book online or call 1-800-253-6476.
Last name content copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks.
Last name origin & meaning:
Chinese: from a Chinese word denoting a feudal rank, often translated into English as ‘marquis’. One known source of the surname is Marquis Hou Min of the state of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc).
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from a Chinese word denoting a feudal rank,
often translated into English as ‘marquis’. One known source of the
surname is Marquis Hou Min of the state of Jin in the Spring and
Autumn period (722–481 bc).
