Chinese surname

Surname Yeo

楊 · 姚

Yeo is a Chinese surname, a Hokkien or Teochew spelling of 楊 ('poplar') and also of 姚.

Characters for the surname Yeo

The spelling Yeo is common in Hokkien and Teochew romanization.

楊

poplar, willow; surname

Hokkien iûⁿ/iôⁿ / Teochew ion5 / Mandarin yáng

attested
姚

handsome, good-looking; surname

Hokkien iô / Teochew io5 / Mandarin yáo

楊 all spellings of yáng 姚 all spellings of yáo

Possible characters for Yeo

The spelling Yeo can stand for 2 characters. The spelling alone does not show which one a family uses.

Character	Mandarin reading · romanization of the spelling
楊	yáng · Hokkien · Teochew
姚	yáo · Hokkien · Teochew

Other spellings of the same character

Yeoh 楊Hokkien
Yang 楊Mandarin (pinyin)
Yew 姚Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese
Yeow 姚Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien
Yiu 姚Cantonese

About the surname Yeo

Yeo is the Hokkien and Teochew spelling of the surname 楊 (simplified 杨, Mandarin Yang), read iûⁿ or iôⁿ in Hokkien and ion5 in Teochew. 杨 is recorded in public data for Malaysians with this spelling. The character 姚 (Mandarin Yao) is read iô in Hokkien and io5 in Teochew, so Yeo can stand for it as well. The meaning depends on the characters a family uses.

Sources

Wiktionary: 楊 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 楊 · mdbg.net · meaning
Wiktionary: 姚 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
MDBG: 姚 · mdbg.net · meaning
Wiktionary: Yeo (English surname) · en.wiktionary.org · romanization

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Entry ID: mn00975 · Updated 2026-10-25 · Report a mistake