Yan - Names

Names

  • Yan Emperor, one of the legendary emperors of ancient China
  • Yan, Marquis of Tian, 4th-century BC ruler of the state of Qi
  • Yan (surname), romanization for several Chinese surnames.
  • Cantonese transcription of surname Zhen (surname) (甄)
  • Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin (1853–1909), writer pseudonym Yan, Ukrainian-American Yiddish-language playwright
  • Martin Yan (born 1948), Chinese-Canadian/American television chef; star of Yan Can Cook, carried by PBS and Food Network
  • Yan (musician), stage name of Jan Scott Wilkinson, English songwriter/lead singer of indie rock band, British Sea Power, founded in 2000
  • Yan, transliteration of the name "Ян" (Ian) from the Russian language
  • Yan or, more specifically, Yahn, pronunciation of variant of the given name John, especially in Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján)
  • Yan (Wolves Chronicles), a character in The Cuckoo Tree, by Joan Aiken

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