Jin He

in the US

There are 74 people with the name "Jin He" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Jin	1,447
He	4,138
Jin He	287,777

is 1,443rd most common Kasey
is 1,444th most common Clarissa
is 1,445th most common Nan
is 1,446th most common Ester
is 1,447th most common Jin
is 1,448th most common Vaughn
is 1,449th most common Yu
is 1,450th most common Darnell
is 1,451st most common Fatima

is 4,134th most common Fontana
is 4,135th most common Treadway
is 4,136th most common Lerma
is 4,137th most common Cromer
is 4,138th most common He
is 4,139th most common Solorzano
is 4,140th most common Meister
is 4,141st most common Wooldridge
is 4,142nd most common Clemmons

is 287,773rd most common Jimmy Key
is 287,774th most common Jimmy Meeks
is 287,775th most common Jimmy Prince
is 287,776th most common Jimmy Steele
is 287,777th most common Jin He
is 287,778th most common Jing Liang
is 287,779th most common Joan Barr
is 287,780th most common Joan Clayton
is 287,781st most common Joan Coffey

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Meaning & History

Jin

Chinese 何: from a southern pronunciation of the name of the state of Han (in present-day Shaanxi province), which existed during the early stages of the Western Zhou dynasty (1122–771BC). This was the fief of a younger brother of Cheng Wang, second king of the Zhou dynasty (see Han). When the state of Han was later annexed by the state of Jin, the members of the royal family scattered. Those descendants who settled further south, in the area of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, found that the character for Han was pronounced He in this area, and so changed their name to a character more widely pronounced He.

Chinese 贺: during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220AD), members of the Qing clan needed to change their surname, as Qing was the name of the emperor's father and so they were not permitted to use this name. They decided on he, which like qing means ‘celebrate’. In modern Chinese these two characters have been compounded into one word, qinghe, which also means ‘celebrate’.

Chinese 和: from a word meaning ‘and’ in modern Chinese, which was part of the title Xihe ‘astrologer’. Members of the He clan held this hereditary position and adopted their surname from the title.