Sy Family History

Filipino: of Chinese origin see 2 and 3 below. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 施 (see Shi) and 薛 (see Xue). Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 李 see Li. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 徐 based on its pronunciation in Hakka dialect see Xu.

West African (Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, and Guinea): from the name of the Sy clan of the Tukulor people apparently based on the Soninke word si ‘horse’. This surname is also found among the Soninkes.

French (mainly Pas-de-Calais): variant of Flemish Sys, itself a variant of Syx and Six. This surname is also found in Germany (see also 7 below).

Compare See and Sie.

German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name containing the element sigi ‘victory’. The name is at least in part of cognate French and ultimately Flemish origin (see 6 above).