In the entire world, Liu (Liu 
, 刘 , リュウ 
, along with others...) is a common unisex first name. The first name Liu is habitual in Hong Kong, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Macao, and Singapore (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in China, Indonesia, and Hong Kong. Predominantly, Liu is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Liu | Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, United States, China |
| 劉, 刘 | China |
| リュウ | Japan |
| ليو | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Algeria |
| Лю | Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine |
| ליו | Israel |
| 류 | South Korea |
Liu is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Liu Kang , the Mortal Kombat character, Mortal Kombat 11; Liu Pozi , the Jin Ping Mei character; Liu Huang Taiwei , the Jin Ping Mei character; Liu Juzhai , the Jin Ping Mei character and Liu Yunfei , the fictional character from Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown V Special, and in many other works.
| liu yan son of Chinese emperor Guangwu of Han (b. 50) |
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| liu chang Han dynasty prince, son of Emperor Mingdi (b. 50) |
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| liu yu son of Chinese emperor Xuan of Han (b. 50) |
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| liu sheng (b. 50) |
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| liu yuan (b. 50) |
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| liu pu (b. 50) |
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| liu long infant emperor of the Han dynasty during 106 (b. 105) |
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| liu cheng son of Emperor Jing of Han (b. 150) |
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| liu wu (b. 150) |
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| liu fang (b. 150) |
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| liu xi (b. 150) |
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| liu de son of Emperor Jing of Han (b. 165) |
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| liu wu, prince of liang son of Chinese emperor Wen of Han (b. 180) |
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| liu sheng Han dynasty King/Prince of Zhongshan (b. 200) |
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| liu xiaochuo Chinese poet (b. 481) |
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