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Chinese family name From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lí (Chinese: 黎) is a Chinese surname.[1][2] It mostly appears in Central and South China (including Hong Kong and Macao) where it is transliterated as Lai or Lei (from Cantonese).
 Li in Chinese character | |
| Language(s) | Chinese |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old Chinese |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Lai, Lei |
| Derivative(s) | Lê (Vietnamese) |
It is around the 81st most common in Mainland China.
In Vietnam, it is spelled Lê and is one of the four most common surnames among ethnic Vietnamese people.
It is listed 262nd in the Song dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames.[3]
Some Hlai people in Hainan Island also use Lí as a surname.[4]
Around the Yangtze River, any Jiuli (九黎) people got surname Li (黎) as a tribal name. 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]
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