Wat (surname)

Wat is a surname.

It is the Cantonese Jyutping and Yale and Hong Kong romanization of the Chinese surname Qu (Chinese: 屈). The origin of the Wat (屈) surname is from the Hubei (湖北) region.[1] Historically, the Hubei region was part of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period of Ancient Chinese history. The King Wu of State of Chu awarded his son Xia with the Qu Yi as feud to recognize his outstanding service to the court of Chu. The people called Xia "Qu Xia" and the offspring of Xia adopted Qu as their surname.

Within China and Taiwan, names are written using Chinese characters and are currently romanized using the Hanyu Pinyin, but previously Wade-Giles was used and many people retain names as such. In Hong Kong and Macau and among the Chinese diaspora abroad, though, many choose to romanize their name according to their regional pronunciation.

People with the surname include:

  • Aleksander Wat (1900–1967), Polish poet, writer and art theoretician
  • Wat Ngong (1785–1867), Chinese Protestant convert, evangelist and writer
  • Teresa Wat (born 1949 or 1950), Canadian politician

References

  1. ↑ "屈姓起源湖北" from Surname History Sheet, Xuanyuan Temple (轩辕庙)




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