Bai Jia Xing compound surname #38
巫马
巫马 is read as Wūmǎ. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Wūmǎ
Script forms
Simplified 巫马 · Traditional 巫馬
Meaning
office-title surname connected with horse care or veterinary ritual knowledge
Five element
Fire
Origin
Time: Zhou-period office-title origin, c. 1046-256 BCE
Place: Zhou horse-care or veterinary office
Origin
巫马 is explained as a Zhou official title for people responsible for caring for or healing horses. Descendants of holders of that office used the title as a surname.
Name meaning
The name links ritual knowledge, horse culture, and early aristocratic society.
Historical figures
巫马施 Wuma Shi
Wuma Shi, courtesy name Ziqi, was a disciple of Confucius.