Hè (surname)

Hè ({{zh|s=贺|t=賀|p=Hè}}; IPA: {{IPAc-cmn|h|e|4}})), also romanized as Ho, is a Chinese surname that is 71st in the list of the top 100 most common Chinese family names. The Chinese character {{Lang|zh|贺 / 賀}} means "celebrate" or "congratulate." According to a 2013 study, He was the 86th most common surname, shared by 2,740,000 people or 0.210% of the population, with the province with the most people being Hunan.中国四百大姓, 袁义达, 邱家儒, Beijing Book Co. Inc., 1 January 2013 It is the 70th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.{{Cite book |last=K. S. Tom |title=Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=1989 |isbn=0-8248-1285-9}}

Origin

The surname originated as a semantic variant of Qing ({{Lang|zh-hans|庆}}), which can be traced back to Qing Feng ({{Lang|zh-hans|庆封}}), the great-grandson of Duke Huan of Qi. In the Eastern Han dynasty, a well-known official and descendant of the Qing family, Qing Chun ({{Lang|zh-hans|庆纯}}), changed his surname to He, which has the same meaning as Qing, because his surname Qing happened to be the given name of Liu Qing ({{Lang|zh-hans|刘庆}}), the father of the Emperor An of Han, in order to avoid a naming taboo.The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Another origin was a shortened form of disyllabic surnames such as He Lan ({{Lang|zh-hans|贺兰}}), He Lai ({{Lang|zh-hans|贺赖}}), He Dun ({{Lang|zh-hans|贺敦}}), which were from the Xianbei ethnic group, shortened to He through cultural fusion with the Han people during Northern and Southern dynasties.

Notable people

He Jingzhi ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺敬之}}; born 1924), politician and poet
He Bingyan ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺炳炎}}; 1913–1960) was a general in the People's Liberation Army
He Mengfu ({{Lang|zh-hant|賀孟斧}}; 1911–1945) a Chinese film and theatre director from Wujin, Jiangsu
He Jiankui ({{Lang|zh-hans|贺建奎}}), Chinese scientist known for the Lulu and Nana gene editing controversy
He Zhizhang ({{Lang|zh-hant|賀知章}}), Tang Dynasty poet
He Long ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺龙}}), Chinese military leader and one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China
He Zizhen ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺子珍}}) third wife of Mao Zedong from May 1930 to 1937
He Guoqiang ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺国强}}) retired senior leader of the Chinese Communist Party
He Weifang ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺卫方}}), professor at Peking University
Mike He ({{Lang|zh-tw|賀軍翔}}), Taiwanese actor
Anna Mae He ({{Lang|zh|贺梅}}; born 1999), an American child who was the subject of a custody battle between her Chinese biological parents and American adopted parents
He Guan ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺惯}}; born 1993 in Tai'an) is a Chinese football player
He Ying (revolutionary) ({{Lang|zh-hant|賀英}}), originally He Mingying (born 1886), was a Chinese revolutionary born in Sangzhi County, Hunan province
{{Ill|He Zhongshan|zh|賀衷寒}} ({{Lang|zh-tw|賀衷寒}}), notable Kuomingtang general that also served as Ministry of Transportation in Taiwan
He Junlin ({{Lang|zh-cn|贺峻霖}}), Chinese singer, member of Teens in Times

References

Category:individual Chinese surnames