Given name & surname · Chinese · Korean · Vietnamese

范

“grass”

范 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Vietnamese.

Chinese and Korean and VietnameseWritten in Chinese characters script.

Meaning & origin

What it means

范 goes back to a word meaning “grass.”

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范Fan範

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