Given name & surname · also Chinese

Liaw

Liaw is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Taishanese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Liaw comes from Mandarin, and ultimately from Taishanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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