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English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin for 肖 (Xiāo) and 蕭／萧 (Xiāo).
Proper noun
Xiao (plural Xiaos)
- A surname.
Synonyms
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 5669th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6123 individuals. Xiao is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (97.91%) individuals.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese Juião, from Latin iūliānus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Xiao m
- a male given name, equivalent to English Julian
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “juia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG