Ou Yang Family History
Ou Yang Surname Meaning
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 歐陽 from Ou-Yu (歐餘) the name of a hill in Wucheng (in present-day Zhejiang province) which was granted to Ti the second son of king Wujiang (reigned 355–333 <sc>BC</sc>) in the state of Yue.
Most of his descendants lived to the south of the hill called Ou-Yu (歐餘). The southern side of a hill was called Yang (陽) in ancient Chinese; the surname Ou-Yang (歐陽) literally means ‘the south of the Ou-Yu (歐餘) hill’.
See also <xr>Ou</xr>
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
