Lei (surname)

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Lei
Family Name
Meaning "thunder"
Region of origin China
Popularity Behind the Name 
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Lei

Lei is the pinyin of a Chinese surname. The most common character is 雷 (Léi), meaning "Thunder". 雷 (Léi) is the 78th most common Chinese surname as of 2006 according to a study carried out by the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Common alternate non-pinyin anglicizations include Lui (common in Hong Kong) and Louie/Louis (common for descendants of the Taishan region of Guangdong).

The character 雷 (Léi) is structured with the rain radical (雨 yǔ) on top and the character for fields (田 tián) on the bottom.

A more popular Chinese surname that can be written as 'Lei' is 李 (Li) (more commonly written as Li or Lee in English). The spelling 'Lei' for this surname is used mostly in Macau. Its phonation comes from the Portuguese (the Government which ruled over Macau prior to 1999) and reflects Cantonese pronunciation.

[edit] Prominent People with last name 雷 (Léi)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lei.
  • Lei Chen (1897- 1979), Taiwanese politicians
  • Lei Feng
  • Lei Sheng (born 1984), Chinese foil fencer
  • Lei Yixin (born 1954), Chinese sculptor
  • The Lei style architects of the Qing Dynasty

[edit] See also

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