Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Chinese Pronounced Pron. CHEE-AO [key] Meaning & History Named after a Chinese mountain, Qiao Shan, where Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi was supposedly buried. This is the 96th most common surname in China.
Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage Chinese Scripts 乔(Chinese) 喬(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. CHYOW [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Chinese 喬 (qiáo) meaning "tall, lofty". It may also refer Qiao Shan, a mountain in present-day Shaanxi province where the legendary king Huang Di was supposedly buried.