Given name & surname

Ui

Ui is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in Indonesian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ui comes from Hokkien.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hokkien 黃 (ûiⁿ).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ui’s family of names

In Indonesian usage, Ui as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with NG. In Japanese usage, Ui is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 卯衣. In Japanese usage, Ui is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛.

Walk Ui’s family in the name graph

Ui愛卯衣WiWhieOeyOeiOeijWeiNg偉毅宜維威

Inner ring: spellings · middle: 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.

Nicknames & forms 5

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

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 7

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

Similar names

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

Hokkien

Chui

Chui is a surname from Cantonese, ultimately from Hokkien.

No U.S. birth series

12% boys · 88% girls

Hokkien

Ooi

Ooi is a surname from Hokkien.

No U.S. birth series

44% boys · 56% girls

Hokkien

Auyong

Auyong is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in English and Tagalog.

No U.S. birth series

—

Teochew

Quek

Quek is a surname from Hokkien, ultimately from Teochew.

No U.S. birth series

—

Hokkien

Yau

Yau is a surname from Hokkien.

No U.S. birth series

48% boys · 52% girls

Hokkien

Ee

Ee is a surname from Hokkien.

No U.S. birth series

32% boys · 68% girls

Hakka

Yap

Yap is a surname from Hokkien, ultimately from Hakka. It is used in English, Tagalog, Indonesian, and Cebuano.

No U.S. birth series

29% boys · 71% girls

Hokkien

Yuson

Yuson is a surname from Hokkien. It is used in Tagalog.

No U.S. birth series

55% boys · 45% girls

Sibling ideas

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

A sister for Ui