Names

From Sino-Korean 崔 (choe) meaning “high, lofty, towering”.

Variant romanization of Choi.

Korean form of Zhao, from Sino-Korean 趙 (jo).

Polish cognate of Chmela, from Polish chmiel.

Derived from Czech chmel “hops”, referring to a person who grew hops, a plant used in brewing beer.

Patronymic derived from Bulgarian челик (chelik) meaning “steel” (of Turkish origin).

From Polish chleb “bread”, used to denote a baker.

From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning “thousand” and 葉 (ha) meaning “leaf”.

Hokkien romanization of Xie.

Means “victory” in Khmer, from Sanskrit जय (jaya).