Bai Jia Xing compound surname #45
夹谷
夹谷 is read as Jiágǔ. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Jiágǔ
Script forms
Simplified 夹谷 · Traditional 夾穀
Meaning
Jurchen clan surname transcribed into Chinese
Five element
Earth
Origin
Time: Jurchen Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 CE
Place: Jurchen Jiagu clan
Origin
夹谷 is traced to a Jurchen clan or tribal name, often connected with the Jin-period Jiagu or Jiagu-like forms. Its secure historical context is the Jurchen Jin world rather than ancient Zhou states.
Name meaning
The surname preserves a non-Han tribal identity through Chinese transcription, giving it a frontier and Jin-dynasty flavor.
Historical figures
夹谷清臣 Jiagu Qingchen
Jiagu Qingchen was a Jin-dynasty Jurchen official.