Yin

English

Etymology 1

From the romanization of various Chinese characters

Proper noun

Yin (plural Yins)

1. A surname

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yin is the 5324^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6548 individuals. Yin is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (93.97%) individuals.

Etymology 2

A borrowing of Chinese 陰山／阴山 (Yīnshān)

Proper noun

Yin

1. (geography) A mountain range in northern China at the southeast end of the Gobi Desert.

Anagrams

• NYI