Looi is a surname.
Origins
Like many other similarly-spelled surnames (
Lui
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,
Loi,
Louie Louie may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Louie'' (American TV series), by comedian Louis C.K.
* ''Louie'' (French TV series), animated series about a young rabbit who draws pictures which come to life
* "Louie" (song), by Blood Raw
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, etc.), it can originate from either of two
Chinese surnames
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which are almost homophonous in
Cantonese
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, though pronounced distinctly in
Mandarin
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Language
* Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country
** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China
** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...
:
*
Léi (), meaning "thunder" (). The spelling Looi might also originate from its pronunciation in various
Southern Min
Southern Min (), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan ( ...
dialects, e.g.
Hokkien
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() or
Chaoshan
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(
Peng'im
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: ).
*
Lǚ (), a
toponymic surname
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state of Lü (; note the differing
tone). The pronunciation in other
varieties of Chinese
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is not similar to the surname meaning "thunder".
As a
Dutch surname
Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific.
Dutch given names
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, Looi originated both as shortened version of van de Looi with the ''
tussenvoegsel
A ''tussenvoegsel'' (, ) in a Dutch name is a family name affix positioned between a person's given name and the main part of their family name. There are similar concepts in many languages, such as Celtic family name prefixes, French particle ...
s'' dropped, and as a
patronymic surname
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For example, early patronymic Welsh surnames were the result of th ...
derived from the given name Looi. That given name is a regional
hypocorism
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of various other given names: it may be short for
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* George Philipp Ludolf von Beckedorff (1778-1858), p ...
, or for
Lodewijk
Lodewijk () is the Dutch name for Louis. In specific it may refer to:
Given name Literature
* Lodewijk Hartog van Banda (1916–2006), Dutch comic strip writer
* Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht Boon, (1912-1979) Flemish writer
* Lodewijk van Deyssel, ...
in
Groningen
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and the
southern Netherlands
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, or for
Eligius Eligius may refer to:
* Saint Eligius
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in
Friesland
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. Alternative spellings include
Looij.
Statistics
In the
Netherlands
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, there were nine people with the surname Looi and 35 people with the surname van de Looi as of 2007, up from three and nine respectively in 1947.
People
People with the surname Looi include:
*
Looi Loon Teik (; born 1945), Malaysian footballer
*
Beatrice Looi (; born 1967), Malaysian bridal gown designer
*
Melinda Looi (; born ), Malaysian prêt-a-porter and couture fashion designer
People with the surname van de Looi include:
*
Erwin van de Looi
Erwin van de Looi (born 25 February 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Netherlands U21 team.
Playing career
Van de Looi played in the youth academies of RKHVV and Vitesse 1892 ...
(born 1972), Dutch football manager
*
Tom van de Looi (born 1999), Dutch football midfielder
See also
*
Van Looy, also a Dutch surname
References
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Chinese-language surnames
Multiple Chinese surnames
Cantonese-language surnames