Given name & surname · also English

Shau

Shau is a surname from English, ultimately from Mandarin. It is used in Tagalog.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Shau comes from English, and ultimately from Mandarin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From English Shau, from Hokkien 蕭 (Siau), from Mandarin 邵 (Shào).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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