Lo

Lo

1. An abbreviated form of surnames beginning with "Lo-".

• J-Lo
• Li-Lo

From Mandarin 洛 (Luò) Wade–Giles romanization: Lo⁴.

Lo

1. Alternative form of Luo
   • 1971, Burton Watson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Rhyme-Prose‎, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 57:

     Ts’ao Chih’s “Goddess of the Lo” at first reading appears to depart from the prevailing current of realism which I have outlined above, describing as it does a vision of Fu-fei, the goddess of the Lo River, as she reveals herself to the poet.

   • 1973, Edward H. Schafer, The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T'ang Literature‎, San Francisco: North Point Press, published 1980, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 68:

     The waters of the Lo River enjoyed a reputation as venerable as those of the great Ho itself, into which it ultimately empties.

   • 1980, Papers on Far Eastern History‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22:

     He also spent time lecturing in neighbouring counties, such as the free school in Lo-ning 洛寧, Honan, later known as the Lo-hsi shu-yüan 洛西書院 or ' Academy West of the [River] Lo.'

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lo.

From Cantonese 盧／卢 (lou⁴). Doublet of Lu.

Lo

1. A surname from Chinese.

• -ol, OL, Ol., ol, ol'

From Hakka 羅／罗 (luó).

Lo

1. a surname from Hakka

From Old High German lāga. Cognate with German Lage. Related to leien.

• IPA^(key): /loː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

Lo f (plural Loen)

1. layer

Borrowed from Hokkien 盧／卢 (Lô͘).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlo/ [ˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: Lo

Lo (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Lo is the 434^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 20,365 individuals.