Sy Family History
Sy Name Meaning
Filipino: of Chinese origin see 2 and 3 below. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 施 (see Shi ) and 薛 (see Xue ). Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 李 see Li Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 徐 based on its pronunciation in Hakka dialect see Xu West African (Senegal Mauritania Mali and Guinea): from the name of the Sy clan of the Tukulor people apparently based on the Soninke word si ‘horse’. This surname is also found among the Soninkes. French (mainly Pas-de-Calais): variant of Flemish Sys itself a variant of Syx and Six . This surname is also found in Germany (see also 7 below). Compare See and Sie .7: German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name containing the element sigi ‘victory’. The name is at least in part of cognate French and ultimately Flemish origin (see 6 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022