Surname

E

E is a surname from Mandarin.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

E comes from Mandarin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Mandarin 鄂 (È).

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E’s family of names

In Japanese usage, E as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 江.

Walk E’s family in the name graph

E江ONga娥

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 2

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.

People named E

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Similar names

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Chinese

Yeh

Yeh is a surname from Wade–Giles, ultimately from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

25% boys · 75% girls

Chinese

Lê

Lê is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Chinese

Lệ

Lệ is a feminine given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Chinese

Tề

Tề is a surname from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

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Chinese

He

He is a surname from Chinese.

No U.S. birth series

29% boys · 71% girls

Chinese

Yi Ze

“happy and shiny as a pearl”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Chinese

Yep

Yep is a surname from Cantonese.

No U.S. birth series

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Chinese

Điền

Điền is a masculine given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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