Yan Name Meaning. Chinese : of uncertain origin, originating in Shaanxi province. It may be a variant of another name from the same region and pronounced the same way (see 4 below, ).
yan-tao, ya-n t-ao ] The baby boy name Yan Tao is pronounced as YAENTAW †. Yan Tao's origin is Chinese. The name's meaning is a handsome man. See also the related categories, handsome (honorable), man (humanity), and chinese. Yan Tao is not regularly used as a baby name for boys.
Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨; traditional Chinese: 楊; pinyin: Yáng) is the transcription of a Chinese family name. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China. ... The two characters were used interchangeably in ancient times, which is the Chinese character for Goat or Sheep.