Xiao
See also: xiao
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin for 肖 (Xiāo) and 蕭/萧 (Xiāo).
Proper noun
editXiao (plural Xiaos)
- A surname.
Synonyms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Mandarin 小 (xiǎo).
Proper noun
editXiao
- (in Chinese contexts) Usually attached to a surname, signifying a little one, junior, small guy, younger person.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Xiao is the 5669th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6123 individuals. Xiao is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (97.91%) individuals.
Anagrams
editGalician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese Juião, from Latin iūliānus.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editXiao m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Julian
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “juia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hanyu Pinyin
- English terms derived from Hanyu Pinyin
- English terms borrowed from Mandarin
- English terms derived from Mandarin
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- Galician given names
- Galician male given names