Yee

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "yee"

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 余 (Î) or Taishanese 余 (yi3) or Cantonese 爾／尔 (ji5).

Proper noun

Yee

  1. A surname from Chinese.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Yee is the 1740th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 20591 individuals. Yee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (83.54%).

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Yee, from either Taishanese 余 (yi3) or Cantonese 余 (jyu4) or Mandarin 余 (yú), perhaps from Hokkien 余 (î).

Proper noun

Yee

  1. a surname from Cantonese or from Mandarin

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Yee, from either Taishanese 余 (yi3) or Cantonese 余 (jyu4) or Mandarin 余 (yú), perhaps from Hokkien 余 (î).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Yee (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜒ)

  1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Cantonese or from Mandarin

See also

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