Surname Overview
Pronunciation and Overview
As a surname, 嵇 is pronounced jī. It is one of the Chinese surnames, ranks 194th in the Hundred Family Surnames, and was outside the top 300 in China's surname population ranking in 2007.
Ji Surname
Population reference (not a current census): 103,324Ji / Ji
Origins
The Kuaiji Origin
According to the Yuanhe Xing Zuan, Xia King Shaokang enfeoffed his son Jizhu in Kuaiji, after which the Ji surname emerged. In the early Han period, the Ji clan settled at Jishan in Qiao Commandery and changed its surname to 嵇.
Northern Wei Xianbei Origin
According to the Wei Shu, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Wei Xianbei compound surnames Tongji and Hexi changed to the Han Chinese surname 嵇 after settling in the Central Plains.
Historical Records
Documentary Record of the Name Change
The Wenzhang Xulu records that Ji Kang originally bore the surname Xi, moved from Kuaiji to Qiao Commandery, and adopted 嵇 from the upper part of the character 稽.
Research Notes
Recorded Pronunciation Variants
As a surname, 嵇 is pronounced jī; the recorded material also lists yí, ji in the first and second tones, and xi as variant pronunciations.
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