The lian Surname
lian Name Meaning and History
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads in Trøndelag, named with the definite plural form of Li 4.
- Chinese
: the main source of this surname is Lian
Cheng, a senior minister for the state of Qi, located in present-day
Shandong province. - Chinese
: the name Lian is
found in traditional accounts as long as 4500 years ago, part of the
name of a descendant of the legendary emperors Huang Di and Zhuan
Xu. Later descendants adopted Lian as their surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Ole Olausen Lian born abt 1860 in Norway |
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| 2 |
| N.Dak.,/Minn. Lian family | Terry Lian | 13 |
| Lian | Terry Lian | 2 |
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