Given name & surname

Qiu

Qiu is a surname from Mandarin. It is used in English and French.

Original Chinese丘

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Qiu comes from Mandarin.

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How it developed

From Mandarin 丘.

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Qiu’s family of names

In English usage, Qiu as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with CHIU. In French usage, Qiu as a surname was borrowed from the Chinese form 丘. In English usage, Qiu as a surname has a related form in CHIU.

Walk Qiu’s family in the name graph

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

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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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