Meaning of Last Name

Ye (p=Yè) is the 42nd most common Chinese surname. Its variations in different Chinese dialects include Yip or Ip from Cantonese, Yeh or Ee from Mandarin, Yap or Yeap from Hakka or southern Min dialects. It also be spelled Diệp (:vi: Diệp (họ)) and Giap (hakka people) among Vietnamese speaking people. The surname means leaf in Chinese. Note that although it may be possible to spell this surname as Yee, Yee is more commonly a spelling for the Chinese surname Yu 余. date=February 2009