Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Siu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 5 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,231 as a first name in 2020; 5,140 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Siu’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Siu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 秀. In Japanese usage, Siu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 週.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
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.
People named Siu
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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