Given name & surname
Zhou
“one who helps others”
Zhou is used as a given name and a surname. One Chinese interpretation is “one who helps others.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Chinese interpretation is “one who helps others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.
Zhou’s family of names
In English usage, Zhou as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Chau.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zhou
- Zhuang ZhouChinese Taoist philosopher (c. 369–286 BC)368 BC–287 BC
- Ma ZhouTang Dynasty Chancellor601–648
- Zhou TingChinese footballerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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