Family name origins & meanings
- English : variant spelling of Chinn.
- Chinese :
variant of Jin 1. - Chinese :
Cantonese variant of Qian. - Chinese :
variant of Qin 1. - Chinese :
variant of
Qin 2. - Chinese :
variant of Jin 2. - Chinese :
variant of Jin 3. - Korean : there are four Chinese characters for the surname Chin, representing five clans. At least three of the clans have origins in China; most of them migrated to Korea during the Kory{ou} period (ad 918–1392).