Xiu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: nonstandard spelling of xiū
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Xiu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CNChina≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 18K
- USUnited States1 in 127K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 185 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈81,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Singapore, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nonstandard spelling of xiū
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Xiu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Xiu is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
‘Cultivated’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
‘Grace’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In och, ‘Dry up’ (of plants), ‘shrink’; dried meat
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In och, mansion, group of constellations, part of the zodiac
as a wordSchuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)
In Portuguese, requesting silence; shh
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Emperor Guangwu of Hanb. 5CNnot in their usual nameemperor and founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty (5 BC - AD 57) (r. AD 25 - AD 57)
- Yang Xiub. 175CNOfficial and adviser serving warlord Cao Cao (175-219)
- Zhang Xiub. 200CNChinese general and warlord (died 207)
- Ouyang Xiub. 1007CNChinese poet, historian and statesman (1007–1072)
- Zhu Xiub. 1884CNMa Qi secretary
- Wenxiub. 1909CNnot in their usual nameQing Dynasty imperial consort (1909–1953)
- Liu XiuMing dynasty person CBDB = 220854
- Feng XiuMing dynasty person CBDB = 304206
- Zha XiuMing dynasty person CBDB = 320174
- Zhu XiuMing dynasty person CBDB = 214264
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.4K | #6,169 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 219 | #6,169 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Xiu mean, and where does it come from?
- nonstandard spelling of xiū Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Xiu a male or female name?
- Xiu is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Xiu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 81 thousand people named Xiu in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled xiu.
- How common is the name Xiu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,627 people named Xiu in 2020, about 1 in 127 thousand residents.
- How common is Xiu compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Xiu is the 740th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Xiu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/xiuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Xiu” — the 740th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.