Bai Jia Xing compound surname #55
梁丘
梁丘 is read as Liángqiū. It is one of the 60 compound surnames in the expanded Bai Jia Xing sequence.
Pinyin
Liángqiū
Script forms
Simplified 梁丘 · Traditional 樑丘
Meaning
place-name surname from Liangqiu locality or fief
Five element
Earth
Origin
Time: Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Place: Liangqiu fief, often placed near Chengwu, Shandong
Origin
梁丘 is explained as a fief-name surname from a Spring and Autumn Qi grandee's estate at Liangqiu. The place is often identified near Chengwu, Shandong, though details vary by source.
Name meaning
The name feels topographical but historically works as a place label. Liangqiu Ju gives it a Qi court association.
Historical figures
梁丘据 Liangqiu Ju
Liangqiu Ju was a Qi official in the time of Duke Jing of Qi.