Pronunciation | Yè, Yeh (Mandarin) Yip (Cantonese) |
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Language(s) | Chinese, Vietnamese |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Chinese |
Word/name | City of Ye, State of Chu |
Meaning | Leaf |
Ye (traditional Chinese: 葉; simplified Chinese: 叶; pinyin: Yè) is a Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames,[1] and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019.[2][3]