Sui Family History

Chinese:: Mandarin form of the surname 隋: (i) borne by descendants of Sui Yu (隋昱), an official who lived during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of Han (5 BC–57 AD). (ii) adopted in place of another Chinese surname Sui (隨) sharing the same pronunciation with the Chinese character Sui (隋).

Mandarin form of the surname 眭: from the placename Sui (眭), the name of a fief (located in Shaanxi province) granted to an official in the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC).

Mandarin form of the surname 睢, meaning ‘stare at’ in Chinese: from the placename Sui (睢), the name of a fief (located in Suixian in present-day Henan province) granted to an official in the state of Song during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC) and later to an official in the state of Zhao during the Warring States Period (475–221 BC).

Cantonese form of the surname 帥 see Shuai. Cantonese form of the surnames 水 and 稅 see Shui 1 and Cantonese form of the surnames 胥 and 須 see Xu 3 and 5.

7: variant Romanization of the surname 徐 See Xu 8: variant Romanization of the surname 蘇 see Su.