Lí (surname 黎)

{{Short description|Chinese family name}}

{{For|other Chinese surnames also romanized as "Li"|Li (surname 李)}}

{{Infobox surname

| name = Li (黎)

| image = 黎姓 - 楷体.svg

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| caption = Li in Chinese character

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| language = Chinese

| languageorigin = Old Chinese

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| meaning =

| variant = Lai, Lei

| cognate =

| derivative = Lê (Vietnamese)

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Lí ({{zh|c=黎}}) is a Chinese surname.{{Cite web |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Li (1) – Behind the Name |url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/li-1 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Behind the Name}}{{Cite book |last=Ning |first=Yegao |title=Chinese Personal Names |publisher=Federal Publications |location=Singapore |pages=176}} It mostly appears in Central and South China (including Hong Kong and Macao) where it is transliterated as Lai or Lei (from Cantonese).

It is around the 81st most common in Mainland China.

In Vietnam, it is spelled Lê and is one of the four most common surnames among ethnic Vietnamese people.

It is listed 262nd in the Song dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames.{{Cite book |last=Chen Mingyuan 陈明远 |first=Wang Yonghu 汪宗虎 |title=中国姓氏辞典 |publisher=北京出版社 |year=1995 |edition=1st |pages=241 |language=zh |trans-title=Chinese Surname Dictionary |quote="古吕国"之地·春秋时蔡乎侯自上黎徒都下察,也称为折蔡·汉鼻新黎县;椅代改屈蔡州·在今河南 ... 之称; (中国人名大辞典)收录黎氏 50 例·末(百家姓)列为第 262 姓。"}}

Some Hlai people in Hainan Island also use Lí as a surname.{{Cite web|title=Chinese Ethinc Li People, Li family picture, Chinese Minorites Li people|url=http://www.chinatoday.com/people/china_ethnic_li_family.htm|access-date=2020-12-29|website=www.chinatoday.com}}