Huyan

Also known as 呼延

The Huyan (; LHC: *ha(C)-jan H/B) was a noble house that led the last remnants of the Northern Xiongnu to Dzungaria in the second century after the Battle of the Altai Mountains.

Key facts

Surname.name: Huyan
Surname.image: 呼延姓 - 楷体.svg
Surname.image_size: 80px
Surname.caption: Huyan in regular script
Surname.pronunciation: Hūyǎn (Pinyin)
Surname.language: Chinese
Surname.languageorigin: Xiongnu language
Surname.derivation: name of the earliest matrilineal ancestor of the Huyan clan

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Prominent people with family name Huyan
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The Huyan (; LHC: *ha(C)-jan H/B) was a noble house that led the last remnants of the Northern Xiongnu to Dzungaria in the second century after the Battle of the Altai Mountains.

The House of Huyan emerged during the political organization that came under Modu's reign which saw the Xiongnu reach its apogee. It is an earlier maternal lineage name subsequently replaced by Xubu, much as the Ashina and Yujiulu. The Mongol Khiyad tribe's name is probably derived from Huyan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huyan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.