Given name & surname · also Chinese

Hsi

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

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hsi comes from Mandarin, and ultimately from Wade–Giles.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Mandarin ^習.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Hsi’s family of names

In English usage, Hsi as a surname has a related form in XI. In English usage, Hsi as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Vietnamese form XI. In English usage, Hsi as a surname has a related form in XI.

Walk Hsi’s family in the name graph

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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

Hsi has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.

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9 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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 1

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

Across languages 8

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

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Wade–Giles

Hsieh

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

No U.S. birth series

31% boys · 69% girls

Chinese

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No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Chinese

Situ

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No U.S. birth series

47% boys · 53% girls

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