Forename 刘

Throughout the world, 刘 (Liu , Lau , 刘 , along with others...) is a widespread gender-neutral first name. The first name 刘 is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is a common unisex name, Macao, where it is quite a common unisex name, and Singapore (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Much more prevalently, 刘 is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name 刘

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Liu, Lau	China, Indonesia, United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Liú, 刘	China
유	South Korea

First names said to be same

Ju, Lao, Lauv, Lauw, Liew, Liou, Loo, Low, Lowe, Làu, Lâu, Lưu, Yoo, You, Yu, Лау, Лю, Ю, יו, לאו, ליו, لاو, لو, ليو, لیو, يو, หลิว, ユ, ユー, ラウ, ラオ, リュー, ロー, 兪, 刘氏, 劉, 劉氏, 庾, and 流

First name 刘 in the context

刘 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Liu Kang , the Mortal Kombat character, Mortal Kombat 11; Liu Pozi , the Jin Ping Mei character; Liu Juzhai , the Jin Ping Mei character; Liu Huang Taiwei , the Jin Ping Mei character and Liu Yunfei , the fictional character from Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown V Special, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	刘烨 Chinese actor, CN (b. 1978)
	刘佩琦 Chinese actor, CN (b. 1957)
	洪刘 researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-3494-6588
	福刘 Vietnamese-American Christian theologian, VN (b. 1985)

Characteristic surnames

Lu, Ri), and Liu