Forename Lau

Across the world, Lau (Lau , 刘 , ليو , along with others...) is a common epicene forename. The first name Lau is characteristic of Hong Kong, where it is a common unisex name, Macao, where it is quite a common epicene name, and Paraguay, where it is quite a common girly name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. Much more prevalently, Lau is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Lau

name Lẩu, name Llaw, name Lãu, name Liou, name ラウ, name Làū, name Lau, name Ju, name Liú, name 劉, name Yu, name Lauge, name Лау, name Lauv, name Læ, name Lâu, name Łau, name Lậu, name 刘, name Ĺau, name ليو, name Yoo, name Liew, name Lāu, name Làu, name Liu, name Low, name לאו, name Liao, name Lãû, name Lấu, name Flau, name Laû, name Lầu, name יו, name Lưu, name Lā, name Lowe, name Laù, name You, name Laú, name Labur, name Lao, name Lãù, name Ю, name لاو, name Làù, name Лю, name Lauw, name Lău, name Lẫu, name Laű, name Liễu, name Лиу, name Láu, name Lauhala, name Lâû, name Loo

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Lau	Hong Kong, United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, China
劉, 刘	China
ليو	Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria
ラウ	Japan
לאו	Israel
لاو	Iraq
Лау	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Kyrgyzstan

First names said to be same

Flau, Ju, Labur, Lao, Lauge, Lauhala, Lauv, Lauw, Laù, Laú, Laû, Laű, Liao, Liew, Liou, Liu, Liú, Liễu, Llaw, Loo, Low, Lowe, Làu, Làù, Làū, Láu, Lâu, Lâû, Lãu, Lãù, Lãû, Læ, Lā, Lāu, Lău, Lưu, Lấu, Lầu, Lẩu, Lẫu, Lậu, Yoo, You, Yu, Ĺau, Łau, Лиу, Лю, Ю, יו,

First name Lau in the context

Lau is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leo McGarry , the character in The West Wing; Leo Wyatt , the fictional human, Charmed; Leo Kasper , the protagonist from the 2008 video game Manhunt 2; Leo Manfred , the fictional character from Detroit: Become Human and Lew Moxon , the character in the DC Comics Batman series, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	carolus fridericus lau (1660-1724) (b. 1659)
	kong shuen lau (1892-1987) market gardener (b. 1892)
	si be lau (b. 1899)
	foo sun lau badminton player, MY (b. 1924)
	finn lau Hong Kong activist (b. 1993)
	kam y. lau electrical engineer (b. 1956)
	pok chi lau CN (b. 1950)
	anderson lau Brazilian actor, BR (b. 1979)
	keng boon lau chess player (b. 1979)
	siu wah lau actor
	hinke de lau researcher
	chau sang lau researcher
	mai chan lau researcher
	wilson chun yu lau researcher
	hang kuen lau researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-5878-9484)

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Ad, Ab, Ar, An, Al, Sk, Sy, So, Se, Su, Si, Sa, Mg, Ms, Mr, My, Mu, Mi, Mo, As, and Ak