Given name & surname

Yip

Yip is a surname from Cantonese. It is used in English and Indonesian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Yip comes from Cantonese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Cantonese 葉 (jip6).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Yip’s family of names

In Indonesian usage, Yip as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with JAP. In Indonesian usage, Yip as a surname has a related form in JIP. In Indonesian usage, Yip as a surname has a related form in JIP.

Walk Yip’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 4

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