You (Mandarin pronunciation: [iɤʊ]) is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese family names including 尤 Yóu, 游 Yóu, 犹 Yóu, 由 Yóu, 右 Yòu, 幽 Yōu, etc. Among these names, 尤 Yóu and 游 Yóu are relatively common. 尤 Yóu is the 19th surname in Hundred Family Surnames.

In Wade–Giles romanization system, You is spelled as Yu.

Notable people

Yóu 尤

It is the 19th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.

  • You Ching (born 1942), Taiwanese diplomat
  • You Quan (born 1954), Chinese politician, former Communist Party Secretary of Fujian province
  • You Yong (born 1963), Chinese actor
  • You Wenhui (born 1979), Chinese volleyball player
  • You Meihong (born 1993), Chinese swimmer
  • You Zhangjing (born 1994), Malaysian singer and songwriter, former member of Nine Percent
  • You Xiaodi (born 1996), Chinese tennis player
  • Yu Ming-shi, Administrative Deputy Minister of Coast Guard Administration of the Republic of China

Yóu 游

  • You Benchang (born 1933), Chinese actor
  • You Hwai-yin (born 1942), Taiwanese banker and Kuomintang politician
  • Yu Shyi-kun (born 1948), Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party politician
  • Yu An-shun (born 1967), Taiwanese actor
  • Chris Yu (born 1968, Taiwanese singer
  • Charles Yu (born 1976), American writer of Taiwanese descent
  • Martino Yu (born 1977), Taiwanese artist
  • Kelvin Yu (born 1979), American actor of Taiwanese descent

Yóu 由

Other or unknown

  • Dominique You (1775–1830), French privateer
  • Lum You (1861–1902), Chinese man convicted of murder in the Pacific Northwest
  • You Hockry (born 1944), Cambodian politician
  • Carson Huey You (born 2002), American student, youngest person to ever receive a bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University
  • You Bo, Khmer writer
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