Släkthistoria för Gui
Gui Vad efternamn betyder
Chinese:: Mandarin form of the surname 桂: (i) from Gui (桂) the name of an ancient state (located in Hunan province). (ii) from the first element of the personal name Gui Yi (桂奕) the first son of Ji Gui whose brother Ji Zhen was killed by Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BC ) the first emperor of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ). To protect his sons Ji Gui ordered them to change their original surnames. Mandarin form of the surname 歸: from Gui (歸) the name of a state (located in Anhui province) annexed by the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC ). variant Romanization of the surname 魏 possibly based on its Teochew Hokkien or Taiwanese pronunciation. See Wei
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
