Yue : Chinese:: 1: Mandarin form of the surname 岳 (or 嶽) meaning ‘high mountain’ in Chinese: traced back to Si Yue (四岳 or 四嶽) said to be the title of an official post in charge of sacrificial rituals on the site of famous mountains during the reign of the legendary Emperor Yao (c. 24th century BC) and Emperor Shun (c. 23rd century BC).2: Mandarin form of the surname 越 meaning ‘leap over’ in Chinese: (i) from Yue (越) the name of a state (mainly located in present-day E Zhejiang province) annexed by the state of Chu during the Warring States Period (475–221 BC). (ii) adopted as the surname by the Yue Le (越勒) Yue Jiang (越疆) Yue Zhi (越質) and other families from the Xianbei ethnic group in northern China during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534 AD).3: Mandarin form of the surname 樂 see Le 1.4: alternative Cantonese form of the surnames 余 于 (or 於) 俞 虞 庾 喻 禹 宇 see Yu 1-8.5: alternative Cantonese form of the surnames 茹 and 汝 see Ru 1 and 2.6: variant Romanization of the surnames 邱 and 丘 see Qiu 1 and 2.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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