Bai Jia Xing compound surname #1
万俟
万俟 is read as Mòqí. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Mòqí
Simplified 万俟 · Traditional 萬俟
a phonetic compound surname from a Xianbei/Xiongnu-related tribal name
Earth
Time: Northern Wei / Northern Dynasties, 386-581 CE
Place: Northern frontier clans; Gaoping appears in early bearer records
Origin
万俟 is described in surname sources as a northern tribal or clan name, commonly linked with Xianbei and sometimes with Xiongnu-related ancestry. Its secure historical setting is the Northern Dynasties rather than legendary antiquity, with figures such as Wanqi Chounu appearing in the late Northern Wei period.
Name meaning
Read Moqi as an inherited ethnic-clan surname, not as the ordinary words 万 and 俟. Its value is rarity, northern frontier history, and the distinctive non-obvious Mandarin reading.
Historical figures
万俟丑奴 Wanqi Chounu
Wanqi Chounu was a late Northern Wei rebel leader, giving the surname a visible Northern Dynasties historical anchor.