Given name & surname · also Wade–Giles
Shih
Shih is a surname from Wade–Giles, ultimately from Mandarin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Shih comes from Wade–Giles, and ultimately from Mandarin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Shih’s family of names
In English usage, Shih as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with THACH. In English usage, Shih as a surname has a related form in SHI. In English usage, Shih as a surname has a related form in SHI.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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