Haiyan Explained

Haiyan may refer to:

Places

• Haiyan, Guangdong (Chinese: 海宴镇), a town in Guangdong
• Haiyan County, Qinghai (Chinese: 海晏县), a county of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai
• Haiyan County, Zhejiang (Chinese: 海盐县), a county of Jiaxing, Zhejiang

People with the given name

Haiyan (Chinese: 海燕, a feminine given name of Chinese origin:

• Gu Haiyan (born 1999), Chinese wheelchair fencer
• Qian Haiyan (Chinese: 钱海燕; 1955–2013), Chinese female United Nations Civil Servant
• Xu Haiyan (Chinese: 许海燕; born 1984), Chinese female free style wrestler
• Ye Haiyan (Chinese: 叶海燕; born 1975), female Chinese human rights activist
• Zhou Haiyan (Chinese: 周海燕; born 1990), Chinese female middle-distance runner

Other masculine given names with the same pronunciation but different Chinese characters:

• Hu Haiyan (Chinese: 胡海岩; born 1956), male Chinese academic and president of Beijing Institute of Technology
• Ma Haiyan (Chinese: 馬海晏; 1837–1900), Chinese male Muslim General of the Qing Dynasty

Other uses

• List of storms named Haiyan, the name of several tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific Ocean
  • Typhoon Haiyan, an extremely powerful 2013 typhoon in the Philippines