Xu as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Xu

What is the meaning of the name Xu ?

The baby name Xu is a Unisex name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced {'mandarin_pinyin': '/ɕy/ (approx. "shü" — a \'sh\' sound with a front rounded vowel)', 'tones_examples': 'Xú (徐, 2nd tone), Xǔ (许, 3rd tone), Xù (旭/续/叙, 4th tone), Xū (须, 1st tone)', 'common_romanization': 'Xu (pinyin), Hsu/Hsü (Wade–Giles/older romanizations)'}.

Xu is Chinese in Origin.

Xu is a Mandarin Chinese name rendered in pinyin that can represent several tones and characters: Xú (徐 “gentle; slowly”), Xǔ (许 “to allow; promise”), Xù (旭 “rising sun”; 续 “to continue”; 绪 “beginning”), and Xū (须 “must; beard”). Because distinct hanzi share the spelling Xu in Latin letters, the meaning depends on the chosen character. As a given name, it is unisex and often selects luminous or forward-moving ideas, especially 旭 “new dawn.”

As a family name, Xu most commonly corresponds to 徐 or 许, both widespread across China for centuries, with lineages traced to Zhou-era states and early imperial registers. Romanized variants include Hsü/Hsu (Wade–Giles/Taiwan), and dialectal forms such as Tsui/Chui (徐, Cantonese) and Heoi/Hui (许, Cantonese). Related Sino-Xenic surnames are Seo (Korean 徐), Jo (Japanese 徐), Hứa (Vietnamese 许), and Từ (Vietnamese 徐).