Liu

劉(Lao, Lau, Liew, Liu, Yu) is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:

劉 / 刘, pinyin: Liú. A very common surname, as it was used by the ruling family of the Han Dynasty - a high point in the history of China.
柳 pinyin: Liǔ in mandarin, Lau : Cantonese
留 pinyin: Liú in mandarin, Lau : Cantonese
六 pinyin: Liù in mandarin, Lyuk : Cantonese
廖 Cantonese pinyin: Liu 6, Mandarin : Liao, Wu

In Vietnamese, the name can either take the form "Liễu" (in northern regions), corresponding to 柳 in Chinese, or "Lưu" (in central or southern regions), corresponding to 刘/劉 or 留 in Chinese. The family name 六 is "Lục" in Vietnamese. A few having Vietnamese-Chinese descent use the family name "Lao" while Indonesian-Chinese descent Latinise it according to Dutch pronounciation as "Lauw".

In Cantonese transliteration, 刘/劉 (Liú) is Lau, Lao is also transliteration of 刘/劉 in Min Nan and Taiwanese Minnan Chinese language, whilst Liu is a different surname, 廖, pinyin: Liào, ("Liêu" in Vietnamese).

1 origin of Liu, Yu
2 Notes
3 Prominent people with the family name 刘 / 劉 (Liú, Lao or Lau)
- 3.1 Historical
- 3.2 Contemporary
4 Prominent people with family name 柳 (Liǔ)
5 Imperial Surname of China
6 See also
7 External links

origin of Liu, Yu

劉 (Liu, Lao, Lau, Yu)

from surname Qi(祁, Kei) of Xia Dynasty
from King Wen of Zhou of Zhou Dynasty
- from Liu(劉) Country, Zheng (state) of Zhou Dynasty
from Han Dynasty, Liu Bang mother name are Liu Ao(劉媼)
- Liu Bang's one's mother's side become to feudal lords of Han Dynasty
from Xiang Chan(項纏) of western Chu (state)
- Xiang Chan emulate to surname of Liu Bang
from original surname Kou(寇, Gu) of Liu Feng
- Kou(寇) clan from Guan Ming(官名, office name), or royal of Zhou Dynasty.
from Xiongnu Emperor Liu Yuan (Han Zhao) of Han Zhao
- from Liu Bao, Yufuluo of Southern Xiongnu
from Dugu(獨孤 Dokgo, Tokgo) clan of Xianbei at Northern Wei
from Liu Zhi Yuan(劉知遠) of Shatuo(沙陀) people in later Han

柳 (Liu, Lau, Yu)

from Zhan Huo in Lu (state) of Zhou Dynasty
from Emperor Yi of Chu of Western Chu
from Yi people
from Mao (people)
from Ling Man people(另满)
from Mongol people
from Shui Deng(水等) people
from Cao(曹, Sao) clan at Ming Dynasty
from Yang(柳, Yeo) clan at Ming Dynasty

留 (Liu, Lau, Yu)

from Yi Qi(伊祁) clan of Xia Dynasty
from Zheng (state) of Zhou Dynasty
from Liu(劉) clan of Liu Song Dynasty,
from Liu Jia(留佳), Liu Ji Li(留济理) clan of Liaoning at Qing Dynasty age
from Mao (people)
from any ethnic groups in China

廖 (Liu, Liao, Yu)

六 (Liu, Ljuk, Yuk)

from Zhou Dynasty

庾 (Yu)

from royal of Chu (state), descendant of Zhu Rong(祝融)
from Guan Ming(官名, Office name) of Zhou Dynasty

由 (You, Yau, Yu)

from Yu Yú(由餘) of Xi Rong(西戎), Qin (state) gov get Yu Yú(由餘)
from Yu Yú(由于) royal of Chu (state)
from Man people
from Mongol people

俞 (Yu, Liu)

from Yu people(俞) of ethnic groups in ancient china, they had surname 俞 at Zhou Dynasty.
from Zheng (state) of Zhou Dynasty
from Wei (state) of Zhou Dynasty
from Chu (state)
from Jurchen people
from Mongol people
from Kum Yi(今彝) people
from Tujia(土家) people
from Hui(回) people

柳, 劉, 兪, 庾, (Yu, Yoo, Ryu)

Notes

See also: Lü (surname), Yu, Yu (Chinese surname), Yú (Yeo), and Yeo

Various people with the Liu surname argue to be descendant of Han Wu Di, but there is no evidence supporting this.
In some novels, Liu Bei is said to be the descendant of Liu Bang, but there is no supporting evidence to prove this true.
Lyu, Lui, Yú is common a surname. 呂(Lü, Yü, Yeo).
Yu, common of surname 余, 餘, 俞, 喻, 兪, 於, 遇, 虞, 郁, 尉, 游, 尤, 庾, 娛, 娱, etc.
Yu, Some mongol people use surname Yú, Yu, Liu in china
Yú(餘, Yeo), Baekje royal surname, they disappeared after Goryeo.

Prominent people with the family name 刘 / 劉 (Liú, Lao or Lau)

Historical

The Liu royals of the following dynasties:
- the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang - the Han Dynasty's founder
- the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of Han (Liu Xiu)
- the Shu Kingdom in the Period of the Three Kingdoms, (Liu Bei, Liu Shan)
- the Xiongnu Han Zhao and the Tiefu Xia kingdoms in the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties
- the Later Han Dynasty and the Northern Han kingdom and the Southern Han kingdom of the Period of the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms
- Liu Chang, king of Southern Han
Liu Ji, military strategist, statesman and prophet
Liu Bin-Di, Chinese muslim intelligence officer

Contemporary

Anthony Liu, figure skater
Evelyn Lau, writer
Cecilia Liu, Chinese actress
John Liu, New York City Comptroller
Sidney Lau, Hong Kong linguist
Liu Fang, Chinese Pipa and Guzheng player
Laurin Liu (born 1990), Canadian politician
Lucy Liu (born 1968), American actress
Prudence Liew, singer and actress
René Liu, singer and actress
Rex Liu, British-Canadian classical bassoonist
Will Liu, Taiwanese singer
Henry Lau, Chinese singer
Yang Liu, classical violinist
Alicia Liu, Taiwanese model
Liu Bocheng, PRC military commander
Liu Chia-Liang (Lau Kar-Leung), actor, choreographer and director
Liu Dalin, sexologist
Amber Liu, Chinese American member of f(x) (band)
Andy Lau, actor, singer
Andrew Lau, filmmaker and actor
Liu Binyan, dissident
Liu Boming (astronaut)
Liu Chao-shiuan, Kuomintang politician
Liu Chengjun (general)
Liu Fuzhi, PRC politician
Liu Guoliang, table tennis player
Liu Heng, writer
Liu Huan, singer
Liu Huaqing (1916-2011), PRC politician
Liu Hui, mathematician
Liu Jing (politician)
Liu Kang (artist)
Liu Qi (Chinese politician), Beijing Olympics organizer
Liu Qi-Chao, jazz musician
Liu Shaoqi, PRC politician
Liu Shilan, a Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in chess
Liu Sola, singer, composer, and writer
Liu Tianhua, composer and musician
Liu Wei (artist)
Liu Wen, fashion model
Liu Wenhui, warlord
Liu Wenjing, one of the advisors of Tang Gaozu
Liu Xiang, Olympic winner and World Record holder
Liu Xiang (warlord)
Liu Xiaobo, PRC dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Liu Xiaoqing, actress
Liu Yalou, general
Liu Yifei, singer/actress
Liu Ye, actor and singer
Tats Lau, Hong Kong actor and musician
Lau Wan Kit, Hong Kong comic artist
Liu Wenhui, warlord and PRC politician
Liu Ye, Chinese actor
Liu Yunpeng, Chinese high jumper
Liu Zhijun, PRC politician
Alan Lowe, Canadian architect & politician, former mayor of Victoria, BC, Canada

Prominent people with family name 柳 (Liǔ)

Liu Gongquan, a poet and calligrapher
Liu Zongyuan, a poet during Tang Dynasty
Liu Yizheng, modern historian

Imperial Surname of China

— Royal house —
Preceded by Yíng	Imperial Surname of All China 202 BC – 9 AD	Succeeded by Wang
	Imperial Surname of All China 23 AD – 220 AD	Succeeded by Sima

External links

Chinese surname history: Liu

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