The earliest Chinese surname used by Manchu people is Bohai Kingdom. Song people's Collection of Three Dynasties North Alliance contains: Nuzhen's surname "Nalazy" is called "Gao". Tao Zongyi, a Yuan Dynasty poet, recorded in the Record of Dropping out of Farming in the South Village: The surname of the Jin people is Qiu Shilie. According to the Korean ancient book "A Record of the Li Dynasty", Nuzhen Ada in the north of Tieling reached thousands of households with high difficulties and took Gao as her surname.
Old surnames include: Guaerjia, Gaojia, Tong Jiashi, Saskatchewan, Hershey, Guoluoshi, Golgi, Shumuli, Bayuetu, Guoerluosi, Nala, and Guoerjia (Xibe) and Gaoshi (Han) who joined Manchu.