Ju Family History

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 鞠 (also pronounced as Qu in Mandarin, see Qu) meaning ‘ball made of leather’ or ‘enormous’ in ancient Chinese: from the personal name Ju (鞠), personal name of a grandson of Hou Ji who was an official during the reign of the legendary Emperor Yao (c. 24th century BC).

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 居 meaning ‘dwell, reside’ in Chinese: from the personal name Ju (居), style name of Xian Qie Ju (先且居), an official in the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC).

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 巨 meaning ‘enormous’ in Chinese, said to be borne by the descendants of Feng Ju (封鉅), teacher of the legendary emperor Huang Di, the ‘Yellow Emperor’ (c. 27th century BC).

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 劇 meaning ‘drama’ in Chinese: habitational name from the placename Ju (劇), a fief granted to an official in the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC).

Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 雎 meaning ‘osprey’ in Chinese of unexplained etymology. Chinese: alternative Mandarin form of the surnames 朱, 諸, 祝, and 竺; see Zhu 1-7: Chinese: alternative Mandarin form of the surnames 茹 and 汝 see Ru 1 and 8: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 周 see Zhou 9: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 趙 see Zhao 10: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 俞 and 喻 possibly based on their Hokkien or Teochew pronunciations see Yu 3 and 6.1 Korean: variant of Chu 11 Dutch: altered form of French and Walloon Dieu. Compare Jue 5.