You (surname)

You is the pinyin romanization of several Chinese family names including 尤 Yóu, 游 Yóu, 㳺 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 with one of these surnames include:

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

 * You Xigui (born 1939), People's Liberation Army general
 * You Yuanwen (born 1986), Chinese football striker and midfielder

You: other or unknown

 * You Benchang (born 1933), Chinese actor
 * You Bo, Khmer writer and the president of the Khmer Writers' Association
 * You Bong-hyung (born 1970), South Korean fencer
 * Carson Huey You (born 2002), American student, youngest person to ever receive a bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University
 * You Ching (born 1942), Republic of China (Taiwan) representative to Germany
 * You Chung Hong (1898–1977), American attorney and community leader
 * Dominique You (1775–1830), French privateer
 * You Hockry (born 1944), Cambodian politician
 * Lum You (1861–1902), Chinese man convicted of murder in the Pacific Northwest