Given name & surname

Liu

“one who is quiet; peaceful”

Liu is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is quiet; peaceful.”

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One interpretation is “one who is quiet; peaceful.”

Where it comes from

Liu comes from Chinese, and ultimately from Cantonese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Mandarin 劉, from Cantonese 廖.

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Liu’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Liu as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Lew. In Filipino usage, Liu as a surname has a related form in LEOW. In Filipino usage, Liu as a surname has a related form in Lew.

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Around the world

Liu has relatives in 5 languages.

11 related names in 5 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. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Spellings & scripts 1

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

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Across languages 10

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

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