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.

Reference: 梁丘据 Liangqiu Ju