Xiao

See also: xiao

English

Alternative forms

Hsiao (Wade–Giles)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin for 肖 (Xiāo) and 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).

Proper noun

Xiao (plural Xiaos)

A surname.

Synonyms

(from Hakka) Siau

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin 小 (xiǎo).

Proper noun

Xiao

(in Chinese contexts) Usually attached to a surname, signifying a little one, junior, small guy, younger person.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Xiao is the 5669^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6123 individuals. Xiao is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (97.91%) individuals.

See also: xian and xián

Anagrams

oxia

Galician

Alternative forms

Xián

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Juião, from Latin iūliānus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiˈao̯/

Proper noun

Xiao m

a male given name, equivalent to English Julian

Derived terms

Giance
Gianzo
Guiance
San Xián
Sangiao
Sanguiao
Sanjiao

References

“juia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.

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