Given name & surname

Wi

Wi is a surname from Korean. It is used in English and Indonesian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Wi comes from Korean.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Korean ㅟ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wi’s family of names

In Indonesian usage, Wi as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with NG. In Indonesian usage, Wi as a surname has a related form in UI. In Indonesian usage, Wi as a surname has a related form in UI.

Walk Wi’s family in the name graph

WiWīUiWieWhieOeyOeiOeijNg

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

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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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