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

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

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