Ni Family History
Ni Name Meaning
Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 倪 meaning ‘boundary’ or ‘infants’ in ancient Chinese: adopted in order to escape from a feud in place of the Chinese surname 郳 which is also pronounced Ni. The original surname was from Ni (郳) the name of an ancient state also called Little Zhu (located in Shandong province) granted to the son of Duke Wu of Zhu (ruler of the state of Zhu died 796
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022