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Li or Lee (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [1] Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [ 2 ] and more than 100 million in Asia. [ 3 ]
Traditional texts have recorded several possible origins of the surname Li (利): 1. According to the Song dynasty text Lushi, a collection of historical facts, legends, and folklore, some of the descendants of Laozi (fl. 6th century BC) adopted the surname Li, in honour of their ancestor Lizhen (利贞) who lived during the Shang dynasty.
In Ancient China, descendants of Shaohao were surnamed Li on Licheng County (黎城). During the Xia dynasty, descendants of Emperor Yao were surnamed Li (黎) in Licheng County (黎城). [citation needed] In Vietnam, some Chinese Li (黎) families changed their surname to Vietnamese Hà or Hồ (胡). [citation needed]
Li is the pinyin and Wade–Giles romanization (spelled Lí, Lǐ, or Lì when pinyin tone diacritics are used) of several distinct Chinese surnames that are written with different characters in Chinese. Li 李 is by far the most common among them, shared by 93 million people in China, [1] and more than 100 million worldwide. [2]
Li (surname), including: List of people with surname Li; Li (surname 李), one of the most common surnames in the world; Li (surname 黎), the 84th most common surname in China; Li (surname 栗), the 249th most common surname in China; Li (surname 利), the 299th most common surname in China; Li (surname 厉), a Chinese surname
This is a list of people with the surname Li (李). Lǐ is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 李 in Chinese character.It is one of the most common surnames in China and the world, shared by more than 93 million people in China, and more than 100 million worldwide. [1]
Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi 李), a common Chinese surname; Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi 利), a Chinese surname; Lý (Vietnamese surname) or Lí (李), a common Vietnamese surname; Lee (Korean surname) or Rhee or Yi (Hanja 李, Hangul 리 or 이), a common Korean surname; Lee (English surname), a ...
The name Ali is also used in various other cultures as a given name. Among English speakers it is used as a short form of male or female names starting with "Ali", such as Alice, Alison, Alisha, Alistair, Alexander, or Alexandra. In Old Norse, Áli and Åle are alternative forms of Onela. Ali is a Finnish male given name, derived from ...