Given name & surname

Sze

Sze is a surname from Cantonese. It is used in English and Tagalog.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sze comes from Cantonese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Cantonese 施 (si¹).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sze’s family of names

In Filipino usage, Sze as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SHI. In English usage, Sze as a surname has a related form in SHI. In Filipino usage, Sze as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with SEE.

Walk Sze’s family in the name graph

SzeShiSy

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

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Sze has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Chinese roots to each of them.

EnglishTagalogChinese

4 related names in 3 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 1

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

Across languages 3

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

Similar names

If you love Sze, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Chinese

Szeto

Szeto is a surname from Cantonese.

No U.S. birth series

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Chinese

E

E is a surname from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

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Wade–Giles

Hsieh

Hsieh is a surname from Mandarin, ultimately from Wade–Giles.

No U.S. birth series

31% boys · 69% girls

Chinese

Hsueh

Hsueh is a surname from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

20% boys · 80% girls

Chinese

Sheu

Sheu is a surname from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

44% boys · 56% girls

Chinese

Xie

Xie is a surname from Mandarin.

No U.S. birth series

36% boys · 64% girls

Chinese

Cen

Cen is a surname from Chinese, ultimately from Mandarin. It is used in English, Indonesian, Albanian, and Old English.

No U.S. birth series

38% boys · 62% girls

Chinese

Huệ

Huệ is a unisex given name from Chinese. It is used in Vietnamese.

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sze’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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