Surname · Japanese
小
“elementary school”
小 (Shō) is a surname from Middle Chinese. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Seu.
Meaning & origin
What it means
小 goes back to a word meaning “elementary school.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
小’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 小 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as SEU. In Japanese usage, 小 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as shō.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named 小
- Li XiaopengChinese artistic gymnast (born 1981)
- Li Xiaoshuanggymnastborn 1973
- Xiaowei ZhuangChinese American biophysicistborn 1972
- Li XiaopengGovernor of Shanxi, son of former Premier Li Pengborn 1959
- Peng XiaolianChinese film director (1953-2019)
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