Given name & surname

Choe

Choe is a surname from Korean.

Original Korean최

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Choe is a form of Choi. Choi comes from Cantonese, and ultimately from Korean.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Choe’s family of names

In English usage, Choe as a surname has a related form in CHOI. In Greek usage, Choe as a surname is a transliteration of Χόε. In English usage, Choe as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Чхве.

Walk Choe’s family in the name graph

Choe최崔ΧόεChoiCuiЧхве

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Choe has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Korean roots to each of them.

Korean

Koreanwhere Choe comes from · 2 names

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Seong is a surname from Korean.

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No U.S. birth series

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